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The general consensus among 14th-century Arab genealogists is that Arabs are of three kinds: . Al-Arab al-Ba'ida (Arabic: العرب البائدة), "The Extinct Arabs", were an ancient group of tribes in pre-Islamic Arabia that included the ‘Ād, the Thamud, the Tasm and the Jadis, thelaq (who included branches of Banu al-Samayda), and others.
The Quraysh (Arabic: قُرَيْشٍ, romanized: Qurayš) are an Arab tribe that inhabited and used to control Mecca and the Kaaba.Comprising ten main clans, it includes the Hashim clan into which the Islamic prophet Muhammad was born.
In pre-Islamic Arabia tribes played an important role in shaping the peninsula's practised and culture, tribes often had male leaders known as sheikhs, however this is not always the case, Some high-ranking women of influential tribal families appear in later oral traditions as mediators or peace-brokers, suggesting that women could, in certain contexts, affect inter-tribal relations.
Bakr ibn 'Abd Manat (Arabic: بكر بن عبد مناة) also known as Banu Bakr ibn 'Abd Manat or simply Banu Bakr is an Arab tribe located in the Hijaz region of the Arabian Peninsula. They are maternal cousins of the Quraysh tribal confederation and were rivals to them before the rise of Islam in the 7th century CE. Bakr ibn 'Abd Manat is ...
Al-Omariyya is a large Arab tribe rooted in history, one of the largest clans in Jordan and Palestine. It led Irbid for a period of time from the main clans of northern Jordan. They are a descendant of the Banu Adi bin Ka’b from Quraish, and they are the sons of Umar from the clans of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
Banu Qainuqa — most powerful of all the Jewish tribes of the peninsula before Islam [6] [5] [2] Banu Quda'a — Himyarite tribe of converts to Sadducee Judaism [7] Banu Qurayza — sub-clan of the al-Kāhinān, located in Yathrib, "principal family" fled Syria under Ghassanid rule, then fled Medina, after expulsion by Muhammed, back to Syria
[2] [3] However, in the 5th century, the Banu Aws and the Banu Khazraj, two Arab tribes that had arrived from Yemen, gained dominance. [4] When these two tribes became embroiled in conflict with each other, the Jewish tribes, now clients [ 3 ] [ 5 ] or allies [ 4 ] of the Arabs, fought on different sides, the Qurayza siding with the Aws.
A map drawn by Harold Dixon showing the homes of the Arab tribes, including the Otaiba tribe. Research of the lineage of northern tribes may began with Adnan (instead of Ishmael), as passed on by oral tradition. He is the common ancestor of the modern Otaibah, Annazah, Tamim, Abd al-Qays, and Quraysh tribes.