Banu Hothail
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Banu Hothail are an Adnanite
Adnan (name)
Adnan is an Arabic male name common in the Muslim world. Its eponymous bearer was Adnan, an ancestor of Muhammad. The etymological meaning of the name is settler, from a semitic root ; to stay, abide.-Given name:...

 tribe of western Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
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 in Hijjaz
Desert of Paran
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. 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
IBN
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 Madrakah son of Ilyas ( Elijah) son of Madher
Mudhar
Mudhar or Mudar , is one of two major branches of the "North arabian" tribes, the other branch being Rabi'ah....

 son of Nazar
Nazar
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 son of Ma'ad son of Adnan
Adnan
Adnan is the traditional ancestor of the Adnani Arabs of northern, central and western Arabia, as opposed to the Qahtani of Southern and south eastern Arabia who descend from Qahtan.-Origin:...

 son of Add son of Send son of Napyot
Nebaioth
Nebaioth is mentioned at least five times in the Hebrew Bible according to which he was the firstborn son of Ishmael, and the name appears as the name of one of the wilderness tribes mentioned in the Book of Genesis 25:13, and in the Book of Isaiah 60:7.-Biblical occurrences:In the Book of...

  son of Ishmael
Ishmael
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son of Abraham
Abraham
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  son of Azar
Azar
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  (Terah) son of Nahoor
Nahor
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  son of Srooj
Serug
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  son of Ra'o
Reu
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  son of Phaleg
Peleg
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  son of Aber
Eber
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  son of Shaleh  son of Arpheckshad
Arpachshad
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  son of Sam
Shem
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  son of Noah
Noah
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 son of Lamek
Lamech
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  son of Motoshaleh
Methuselah
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 son of Edres
Enoch (ancestor of Noah)
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 (Enoch) son of Yared
Jared (ancestor of Noah)
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 son of Mehlaiel
Mahalalel
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 son of Qenan
Kenan
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 son of Anosh son of Sheeth son of Adam

Branches

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

Lihyan ibn Hothail

The descendants of Lihyan ibn Hothail who founded the Arab kingdom of Lihyan
Lihyan
Lihyan is an ancient Arab kingdom. It was located in northwestern Arabia, and is known for its Old North Arabian inscriptions dating to ca...

, and presently live in the desert between Mecca
Mecca
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 and Jeddah
Jeddah
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. They are now divided into two clans:
  • Mohrez, subdivided into
    • Alhosianat
    • Aldhban
    • Almosah

  • Marer, subdivided into
    • Albatahah
    • Almasaibah
    • Alnegimah
    • Aloodah

Sa'ad ibn Hothail

There are presently four descendent clans of Sa'ad ibn Hothail:
  • Beni, subdivided into
    • Banu Omair
    • Banu Mas'od
    • Banu Mohaiya
    • Banu Nobatah

  • Fleet, subdivided into
    • Alhatareshah
      • Alafran
      • Al Eyad
      • Hothail Albogom
    • Banu Reshah
    • Almatarefah
    • Alsa'iedah
    • Almoatan

  • Almasodah, subdivided into
    • Alqrrah
    • Alawiyyon
    • Alkabakebah
    • Banu Eyas
    • Algawaberah
    • Alsawalemah
    • Al Zaid
    • Banu Qa'ab
    • Alhawazemah
    • Altalhat
    • Al Aaley
    • Alnadawe'en
    • Al Sawaherah
    • Al Zawaheraah ( They're Aliase with Hothail, And they're Descended from Zubaydah )
    • Al Hekman ( They're Aliase with Hothail, And they're Descended from Quraish )

  • Zohair, subdivided into
    • AlSrawnah
    • Da'ad
    • Sahelah
    • Zolayfah.

relative tribes

  • Banu Kinanah
    Banu Kinanah
    Banu Kinanah is the largest Adnanite tribe of western Saudi Arabia in Hejaz. Since Islamization they started to claim that they are descended from Kinanah, who was a grandson of Ilyas who was named after the prophet Elijah.- Ancestry :The tribe traces a genealogical history backwards from their...

  • Quraish
  • Sulaim
  • Tamim
  • Bani Asad
  • Thaqif
  • Huwazin
  • Banu Ghatafan
    Banu Ghatafan
    Banu Ghatafan are a massive ancient tribe north of Medinah and from them come the tribes of Banu Abs and Ashga and Banu Thibyaan. They were one of the Arab tribes that interacted with Muhammad. They are notable for allying themselves with the Banu Quraish in the Battle of the trench....


Further reading

  • History Ibn Khaldoun
  • History Ibn al-Athir
  • History Ibn Hisham
    Ibn Hisham
    Abu Muhammad 'Abd al-Malik bin Hisham , or Ibn Hisham edited the biography of Muhammad written by Ibn Ishaq. Ibn Ishaq's work is lost and is now only known in the recensions of Ibn Hisham and al-Tabari. Ibn Hisham grew up in Basra, Iraq, but moved afterwards to Egypt, where he gained a name...

  • History Al-Hamdani
    Al-Hamdani
    The name al-Hamdani may refer to:*Abū Muhammad al-Hasan al-Hamdānī , an Arab geographer, historian and astronomer*Abu Firas al-Hamdani , an Arab poet* Ibn al-Faqih al-Hamadani...

  • History Ibn Ishaq
    Ibn Ishaq
    Muḥammad ibn Isḥaq ibn Yasār ibn Khiyār was an Arab Muslim historian and hagiographer...

  • Kinship and marriage in early Arabia by \ Smith W. Robertson
  • A universal history, from the earliest accounts to the present time by \ Universal
  • The Koran, Commonly Called the Alcoran of Mohammed by George Sale
    George Sale
    George Sale was an Orientalist and practising solicitor, best known for his 1734 translation of the Qur'an into English. He was also author of The General Dictionary, in ten volumes, folio....

    , Savary
  • A Short History of the Arabs by \ Francesco Gabrieli, Salvator Attanasio
  • The March from Medina by \ John Walter Jandora
  • Muhammad by \ Muhammad Zafrulla Khan
  • Mohammed and the Rise of Islam by \ D. S. Margoliouth
  • History of Arabia, Ancient and Modern by \ Andrew Crichton

External links

  • http://www.hathailly.com/vb/showthread.php?t=11324
  • http://lahyan.net/vb/archive/index.php/t-24.html
  • http://www.tmeme.com/vb/showthread.php?t=342
  • http://www.thearabhistory.com/mudar
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabian_tribes_that_interacted_with_Muhammad
  • http://sirah.al-islam.com/SearchDisp.asp?ID=113&SearchText=هذيل%20بن%20مدركة&SearchType=root&Scope=all&Offset=20&SearchLevel=QBE
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  • http://sirah.al-islam.com/tree.asp?ID=1&t=book2
  • http://sirah.al-islam.com/Display.asp?f=rwd1012
  • http://sirah.al-islam.com/Display.asp?f=rwd1014
  • http://books.google.com/books?id=baw9AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA155&dq=Lihyan&lr=
  • http://books.google.com/books?id=CR9iAgUwmTEC&pg=PA338&dq=Lihyan&lr=
  • http://books.google.com.sa/books?id=SLvnnT31Du0C&pg=PA230&lpg=PA230&dq=%22Hodhail%22&source=bl&ots=GkklnIdE4X&sig=Kzt-WdMasrCFAZ9jPzm6dC2TGtU&hl=ar&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result#PPA230,M1
  • http://www.familytreedna.com/public/J1arabproject/default.aspx
  • http://whitebook.com/p_1_en.htm
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