Adnanites

Banu Adnan (Arabic: بنو عدنان‎‎)
Adnanite, Ishmaelite
A family tree depicting branches of the Adnanites.
Nisba	Adnani, Adnaniyyah
Location	Western Arabia, Tihamah region
Descended from	Adnan
Religion	Indigenous polytheistic beliefs, Nestorian Christianity, Judaism, Zoroastrianism, later Islam

According to Arab genealogical tradition, the Adnanites are "Arabized Arabs", descended from Adnan, distinguished from the "pure" Qahtanite Arabs of southern Arabia.

Arab genealogical tradition holds that the Adnanites are "Arabized Arabs", descended from Adnan. The Adnanites became Arabized when they migrated to the Arabian Peninsula, whereas the Qahtanites of Southern Arabia are pure Arabs.

According to modern historians, the traditional distinction between Adnanites and Qahtanites lacks evidence and may have developed out of the later faction-fighting during the Umayyad period.