of the Arabs which traced its pedigree through ‘Adnán to Ismá‘íl. A dotted line indicates the omission of one or more links in the genealogical chain.[4] I.[5] THE DESCENDENTS OF RABI‘A. ‘Adnán. │ Ma‘add. │ Nizár. │ Rabi‘a. │ ------------------------------------------------------- │ │ │ ‘Anaza. │ │ Wá’il. Namir. │ ┌─────┴─────┐ │ │ Bakr. Taghlib. II. THE DESCENDANTS OF MUḐAR. ‘Adnán. │ Ma‘add. │ Nizár. │ Muḍar. │ --------------------------------------------------------- │ │ . . │ │ . . . Qays ‘Aylán │ . . . . Ḍabba. . Khuzayma. Hudhayl. . . . . Ghaṭafán. . Tamím. . . │ . . . │ ┌─────────┐ . . │ │ │ Asad. Kinána. │ Sulaym. Hawázin. │ │ │ ┌────────┐ │ │ │ │ Abs. Dhubyán. Fihr (Quraysh). [Sidenote: Character of Muḥammadan genealogy.]