‘Adnan

Adnan
Approximate locations of certain tribes of Arabia, including those descended from Adnan, e.g. Hawazin and Quraysh
Known for	Ancestor of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and being the traditional ancestor of the Adnanite arabs
Children	Ma'ad ibn Adnan Akk ibn Adnan
Parent(s)	Udad (father)

Adnan (Arabic: عدنان‎) is the traditional ancestor of the Adnanite Arabs of Northern, Western and Central Arabia, as opposed to the Qahtanite Arabs of Southern Arabia who descend from Qahtan.

According to tradition, Adnan is the father of a group of the Ishmaelite Arabs who inhabited West and Northern Arabia; he is a descendant of Ishmael, son of Abraham. Adnan is believed by genealogists to be the father of many Ishmaelite tribes along the Western coast of Arabia, Northern Arabia and Iraq.

Some Arab historians have proposed his ancestry as thus: Adnan ibn Aa'd ibn U'dud ibn Sind ibn Ya'rub ibn Yashjub ibn Nabeth ibn Qedar ibn Ishmael ibn Abraham ibn Azar (Terah) ibn Nahur ibn Serug ibn Reu ibn Peleg ibn Eber ibn Salah ibn Arpachshad ibn Shem ibn Noah ibn Lamech ibn Methuselah ibn Idris (Enoch) ibn Jared ibn Mahalalel ibn Kenan ibn Enos ibn Seth ibn Adam.