| whose name was 'Amr , b | 'Abdu'I-Muttalib whose name was Shayba , b |
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| whose name was 'Amir , b | More notable are his four sons, and progenitors of major tribal groupings: , , , and |
| It is only after the in 684, which cemented the , that the term Nizar Banu Nizar or Nizariyya begins to appear frequently, being used as an ethnic and political marker, contrasting with the southern "Yemeni" Yamaniyya or "" Banu Qahtan tribes | The Encyclopaedia of Islam, New Edition, Volume VIII: Ned—Sam |
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| As the linguist and historian writes, "it is evident that we cannot speak of Nizar as a tribe which had a real historical existence nor, as is the case with the , as a comprehensive term indicating an effective grouping together of a number of tribes of different origin | 'the two sons of Nizar' was applied to the two large "northern" tribal groups of Rabi'a and Mudar, who were previously considered as unrelated |
Family tree [ ] Mu'ana bint Jahla Nizar ibn Ma'ad Tribal label [ ] The term Nizar is rarely attested in the pre-Islamic period.
15| According to the Arab genealogists, Mudar and Iyad were sired by Sawda bint Akk ibn Adnan, and Rabi'a and Anmar by Hadala bint Wa'lan of the Jurhum | |
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| The Encyclopaedia of Islam, New Edition, Volume VIII: Ned—Sam | The tribes claiming descent from Iyad or Anmar, who in some sources were regarded as sons of Ma'ad, were only rarely considered part of the Nizari tribes |
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