Banu Hudhayl

Mecca the Main land of the Adnanites is located in the Wilderness of Paran

Bani Hothail are an Adnanite tribe of western Saudi Arabia in Hijjaz. They are descended from Hothail, who was a grandson of Ilyas (known as Elijah in Jewish and Christian traditions) who was named after the prophet Elijah.

Ancestry

The tribe traces a genealogical history backwards from their eponymous ancestor to Adam:

Hothail son of Madrakah son of Ilyas ( Elijah) son of Madher son of Nazar son of Ma'ad son of Adnan son of Add son of Send son of Napyot[1] son of Ishmael[2][2][3] son of Abraham[4][5][6] son of Azar[7][8][9] (Terah) son of Nahoor[10] son of Srooj[11] son of Ra'o[12] son of Phaleg[13] son of Aber[14] son of Shaleh[15][16][17] son of Arpheckshad[18] son of Sam son of Noah son of Lamek[19] son of Motoshaleh son of Edres (Enoch) son of Yared son of Mehlaiel son of Qenan son of Anosh son of Sheeth son of Adam

Branches

Approximate locations of some of the important tribes and Empire of the Arabian Peninsula at the dawn of Islam (approximately 600 CE / 50 BH).

Banu Hothail are divided in two branches: Lihyan ibn Hothail and Sa'ad ibn Hothail.

Lihyan ibn Hothail

The descendants of Lihyan ibn Hothail who founded the Arab kingdom of Lihyan, and presently live in the desert between Mecca and Ta'if. They are now divided into two clans:

Sa'ad ibn Hothail

There are presently four descendent clans of Sa'ad ibn Hothail:

Arabian tribes that interacted with Muhammad

Notes

  1. ↑ Book of Genesis 25:12-16
  2. 1 2 Ishmael, Encyclopedia of the Qur'an
  3. ↑ Azraqi, Akhbar Makkah, vol. 1, pp. 58-66
  4. ↑ Abraham, Sarah and Hagar - James D. Brown
  5. ↑ Genesis 16:1-6
  6. ↑ Qur'an 2:127 to 136
  7. ↑ Qur'an 6:74
  8. ↑ Islamic view of Abraham
  9. ↑ Qur'an 37:99–111
  10. ↑ Luke 3:35
  11. ↑ Book of Genesis11:20-23
  12. ↑ Genesis 11:20
  13. ↑ Genesis 10:25
  14. ↑ Adamic language
  15. ↑ Genesis 10:24
  16. ↑ Genesis 11:12-13
  17. ↑ Luke 3:36
  18. ↑ Book of Genesis 10:22, 24; 11:10-13; 1 Chron. 1:17-18
  19. ↑ Luke 3:37
  20. ↑ Quraish
  21. ↑ Quraysh (sura)

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