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Mudhar or Mudar (Arabic مضر), is one of two major branches of the "North arabian" (Adnanite) tribes, the other branch being Rabi'ah.

Mudhar descended from Madher ibn ("son of") Nazar ibn Ma'ed ibn Adnan (fl. around 122 BC) ibn Add^{[citation needed]} ibn Send^{[citation needed]} ibn Napyot ^{[1][citation needed]} ibn Ishmael (fl. 19th century BC) ^[2][2][3] ibn Abraham ^{[4][5][6][citation needed]} ibn Azar ^[7][8][9] (Terah) ibn Nahoor ^[10] ibn Srooj ^[11] ibn Ra'o ^[12] ibn Phaleg ^[13] ibn Aber ^[14] ibn Shaleh ^[15][16][17] ibn Arpheckshad ^[18] ibn Sam ^[19] ibn Noah ibn Lamek ^[20] ibn Motoshaleh ibn Edres (Enoch) ibn Yared ibn Mehlaiel ibn Qenan ibn Anosh ibn Sheeth ibn Adam

Mudar Branches[link]

Around the 1st century BC Mudhar sons Elias and Qais Ailan branched into two major branches.

Elias bin Mudar branch[link]

The Elias branch split into 3 major branches.

Tamim bin Murra[link]

The Banu Tamim spread in the land between Southern Mespotomia (Al-Basra) to the Center of the Arabian Peninsula, Jordan and Khuzestan in Iran.

Hudhail bin Mudrika[link]

The Bani Hudhail lived between Mecca and Medina. Banu Lihyan branched out of the Banu Hudhail ^[21].

Khuzaimah bin Mudrika[link]

Branched to Asad bin Khuzaimah and Kinanah bin Khuzaimah

Asad Bin Khuzaimah[link]

Banu Asad lived in Hijaz, Nejd and Iraq. They established the town of Hilla in Iraq

Kinanah Bin Khuzaimah[link]

The Banu Kinanah branched into Quraish bin Fahr bin Malik bin An-Nadr bin Kinanah and Haram bin Malakan bin Kinanah and Shoaba from Bakr bin Abdumanat bin Kinanah .

Quraish branched out into various tribes, the most famous of whom were Jumah, Sahm, ‘Adi, Makhzum, Tayim, Zahra and the three septs of Qusai bin Kilab: ‘Abdud-Dar bin Qusai, Asad bin ‘Abdul ‘Uzza bin Qusai and ‘Abd Manaf bin Qusai.

Qais Ailan bin Mudar branch[link]

The Qias branched into three major branches:

Banu Ghatafan[link]

The Banu Ghatafan were the biggest of the three tribes and lived along with the other Qaisi tribes east of Mecca near Taif. Sometimes historians referred to all the Qais tribes as Ghatafan in the pre-Islamic times.

Banu Ghatafan branched into Abs, Mutaiyr, Zubyan, Ashja‘a and Ghani bin Asur. Qais settled Syria after the introduction of Islam.

Banu Huwazin and Banu Sulaim[link]

The Banu Huwazin and Banu Sulaim lived near Banu Ghatafan and converted to Islam after their defeat in the Battle of Hunayn. Settled Syria after Islam.

Sources[link]

References[link]

• Almaqhafi, Awwad: Qabayl Wa Biton Al-Arab
• Almsaodi, Abdulaziz; Tarikh Qabayl Al-Arab
• History Ibn Khaldoun
• History Ibn al-Athir
• History Ibn Hisham
• History Al-Hamdani