1874.] 
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included in that of ‘Adnanite. ‘Adnan being 1 accounted a descendant of Ishmael, this 
division of Arabian families is commonly called Israelite. The prophet Muhammed be¬ 
longed to this stock, and was of the 22nd generation from ‘Admin, whose period is placed 
at about 300 B. C. 
The great rival division consists of the Arabs of Yemen descended from Kahtan, and 
these are designated Yemenite or Kahtanite Arabs. Kahtan is often supposed to be iden¬ 
tical with Joktan of Genesis, but the period of the latter must have been fully 2000 
years B. C., whilst the Arabs calculate this Kahtan to have lived 400 years before ‘ Adnan, 
or in B. C. 700, leaving a discrepancy of 1300 years. Kahtan is by some Arabic historians 
asserted to be descended from Ishmael. Arabian historians employ four terms in classify¬ 
ing the various Arab stocks, and are not in accord in the application of those terms. They 
are— 
el-‘Arab el-Badiyeh 
„ „ el-‘Aribeh 
„ „ el-Mota‘arribeli («XjytI.*J|) 
„ „ el-Mosta‘ribeh (<Xj^*jL*.*J|) 
The terms ‘Aribeh and Mosta‘ribeh frequently are taken to indicate the Kahtanite 
stock ; Mosta‘ribeh being applied to the Ishmailites. These divisions also are sometimes 
designated respectively “pure” or “genuine” and “naturalized” Arabs. Abul-Feda says, 
historians divide the Arabs into three classes: (1) Badiyeh, (2) ‘Aribeli, and (3) 
MostaTibeh. The first were the lost tribes of Ad, Thamud, and Jorham the elder, who 
were destroyed for impiety in the time of Ad. The second are the Arabs of Yemen 
descended from Kahtan. The third are descendants of Ishmael, son of Abraham. 
Another account taken from Ibn-Dihhiyeh divides the surviving Arabs into: 1st, 
el-‘Aribeh, Arabs “ par excellence,” claiming descent from Irani (Aram of Gen. x. 23), 
son of Shem. 2nd, el-Mota‘arribeli, naturalized and not Arabs, descended from Kahtan. 
3rd, el-Mosta‘ribeh, still less pure Arabs, descendants of Ishmael. I extract yet another 
account from a note in Chenery’s translation of Hariri. “ Shem was the primate of the 
“ earth after his father, and according to his father’s blessing became the ancestor of the 
“ prophets, all of whom, whether Arabs or foreigners, are of the posterity of Shem. He 
“ went as far as Yemen and founded San‘a, and settled in the middle region of the earth 
“ from Yemen to esh-Sham, possessing the Holy Place. From him were descended Ad 
“and Thamud and Tasm and Jedfs and el-‘Amahk, and the subjects ofYaTob and 
“Jorhom the elder, who were called el-‘Arab el-‘Aribeli, because they were 
“created speaking Arabic; also the descendants of Ismail, called I^ el- 
“ ‘Arab el-Mota‘arribeh, because they acquired the Arabic tongue by settling among the 
“former; also el-‘Arab el-Mosta‘ribeh, who are defined as specially the 
“descendants of ‘Adnan.” [Assemblies of Hariri, Chenery, Vol. I, p. 466.] 
5 (p. 113.) Wadi Bekot ? 
10 (p. 113.) Ten sons of Malik are mentioned, Honaa being youngest. He appears 
to have had a grandson named Ferliud. The name Ferahid does not appear in 
Wiistenfeld’s collection of pedigrees. 
11 (p. 113.) El-Shihr. The Esher of Marco Polo, who wrote “ concerning the city of 
Esher, Esher is a great city # * 400 miles distant from the Poi’t of Aden. It has a king, 
who is subject to the Soldan of Aden. He has a number of towns and villages under 
him and administers his territory Avell and justly. The people are Saracens. The place 
has a very good haven, wherefore many ships from India come thither with various 
cargoes; and they export many good chargers thence to India. A great deal of white 
