Adnan

Adnan () is traditionally regarded as the patriarch of the Adnanite Arabs, a major Arab lineage that historically inhabited Northern, Western, Eastern, and Central Arabia. The Adnanites are distinct from the Qahtanite Arabs of Southern Arabia, who trace their lineage to Qahtan.

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Person.name: Adnan
Person.honorific_prefix: Father of the Adnanite Arabs
Person.native_name: عدنان من نسل إسماعيل بن إبراهيم
Person.image: Pre_Islamic_Arabian_Tribes_(Harold_Dixon).svg
Person.image_size: 350px
Person.caption: Approximate locations of certain tribes of Arabia, including those descended from Adnan, e.g. Hawazin and Quraysh
Person.birth_date: Around 700-600 BCE
Person.birth_place: Possibly in Qedarite Kingdom
Person.death_date: After 605 BCE, Return of Nebuchadnezzar II to Babylon
Person.resting_place: Arabia
Person.era: 1st Millennium BCE
Person.known_for: Ancestor of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, being the traditional ancestor of the Adnanite Arabs and descendant of Ismail (Ishmael), son of Ibrahim (Abraham)
Person.title: Ancestor of Muhammad
Person.predecessor: Qedar
Person.spouse: Mahdad bint Laham (of the Banu Yaqshan)
Person.children: Ma'add ibn Adnan Akk ibn Adnan
Person.mother: Unknown
Person.father: Unknown (father, traditionally from the Adnanite line)

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name in native language: عَدْنَان

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Origin
Family
In Pre-Islamic Arabia
In North Arabian inscriptions
Death
Descent from Adnan to Muhammad
See also
Further reading
References

Adnan is considered a direct descendant of the prophet Abraham (Ibrahim) through his son Ishmael (Ismāʿīl). His genealogy is of great significance in Arab and Islamic tradition, as the Islamic prophet Muhammad is said to descend from him. Adnan’s lineage connects him to a broad network of Arab tribes that played a crucial role in pre-Islamic and Islamic history.