Arab people
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Arab people (Arabic: عربي, ʿArabi) or Arabs (العرب, al-ʿArab) are a Semitic group of people whose cultural, linguistic, and in certain cases, ancestral origins trace back to the tribes of the Arabian Peninsula. The Arabic language and culture began spreading throughout the Middle East as early as the 2nd century with ethnically Arab Christians such as the Ghassanids and even earlier ethnically Arab Jewish tribes. Outside of the cultural Arabs, some Arabs have become Christian and are known as Arab Christians. Socially, Arabs are divided into two groups: the settled Arab, fellahin (villagers) or hadar (townspeople) and the nomadic Bedouin.
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Origins and History
According to traditional legends, Arab lineages allegedly originate from three groups:
- "Perished Arabs" (العرب البائدة): The ancient Arabs of whose history little is known. They include the ‘Ad, Thamud, Tasam, Jadis, and Imlaq, among others.
- "Pure Arabs" (العرب العاربة): The descendants of Qahtan, identified as the Biblical Joktan of Genesis 10:25. They include the Southern Arabians of modern Yemen and Oman.
- "Arabized Arabs" (العرب المستعربة): The descendants of Adnan, who (in Islamic tradition) was a descendant of Ishmael, the son of Abraham. The Quraysh are a branch of the "Arabized Arabs".
Keeping the surname is an important part of Arabic culture as some lineages can be traced far back to ancient times. Some Arabs claim they can trace their lineage back to Noah and Adam.
Descent from Ishmael
- Nabajoth: Nabataean Arabs.
- Kedar: Saudi Arabians and Iraqis.
- Adbeel: Sinai Bedouins.
- Mibsam: Eastern Saudi Arabians (merged with Mishma).
- Mishma: Mesha in Yemen (merged with Mibsam).
- Dumah: Dumat al-Jandal.
- Massa: Jordanians and Northern Arabians.
- Hadar: Christian Jordanians, Syrians, and Hadramites in southern Arabia.
- Tema: Taima in northern Arabia.
- Jetur: Ituraeans and Druze Arabs.
- Naphish: Tunisian/Libyan Arabs (originally from Central Arabia merged with Carthaginians/Berbers).
- Kedemah: Algerian/Moroccan Arabs (originally from Central and South Arabia merged with Berbers).
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