Nabit (Nebaioth) ibn Ismail

Nabit, also called Nabayut, is the first of the twelve sons of Ismail that al-Rahiq al-Makhtum counts, born to the daughter of Mudad al-Jurhumi ^{1 2}. The accounts of his other brothers have been lost to time, except the lines of Nabit and Qaydar ¹.

The author notes that the Nabataean civilization, descended from Nabit, flourished in northern Hijaz. They built a strong government whose reach extended to its frontiers, and they made Petra their capital. No one could oppose them until the Romans came and overcame them ¹. See the Nabataean kingdom.

The author reports that Sulayman al-Nadwi concluded, after study and inquiry, that the kings of the Ghassan and also the Ansar of the Aws and Khazraj were not of the lineage of Qahtan, but of the family of Nabit ibn Ismail, and that they were their remnants in those lands ^{1 3}. This differs from what the author himself says when dividing the emigrants of Kahlan, where he places the Aws, the Khazraj and Jafna among the Azd ⁴. The question is disputed among genealogists.

Ismail held the leadership of Mecca and the custody of the House for his whole life. Then two of his sons, Nabit and then Qaydar, held it, or the reverse is said. Leadership then passed to their grandfather Mudad ibn Amr al-Jurhumi ^{5 6}. The author points out that Ibn Hisham mentions among Ismail's sons only Nabit's governance ^{5 7}.