Qaydar (Kedar) ibn Ismail

قيدار بن إسماعيل

Mecca

Ismail's second son in al-Raheeq al-Makhtum's list; his descendants remained in Mecca until Adnan and his son Ma'add, from whom the Adnani Arabs kept their genealogy; said to have held Mecca after his father with his brother Nabit, in disputed order.

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Roles
tribal-ancestor
Era
Pre-Islamic Arabia
Region
Arabia
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In space

Mecca

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Family, marriage and kinship

Overview

Qaydar, the second of the twelve sons of Ismail that al-Rahiq al-Makhtum counts, born to the daughter of Mudad al-Jurhumi. Of the two whose descendants' accounts have been preserved, they are Nabit and Qaydar 1 2.

Ancestor of the Adnanite Arabs

The lineage of Qaydar's sons continued to multiply in Mecca, until Adnan and his son Ma'add came from him. The Adnanite Arabs preserved their genealogies from Adnan 1. The author notes that Adnan is the twenty-first ancestor in the Prophet ﷺ's genealogy, and that when the Prophet traced his lineage and reached Adnan, he stopped. Several scholars allowed raising the genealogy above Adnan, and said that there are forty fathers between Adnan and Abraham 1 3 4.

Governance of Mecca

After Ismail, two of his sons ruled Mecca, Nabit and then Qaydar, or the reverse is said. Then their grandfather Mudad ibn Amr al-Jurhumi took over 5 6.

For young visitors

Qaydar was a son of the Prophet Ismail. His descendants stayed in Mecca for many generations, and from them came Adnan, the forefather of many tribes, among them Quraysh.

Connections

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Parent of
Adnan
Sibling of
Nabit (Nebaioth) ibn Ismail
Child of
Ismail (Ishmael)· Daughter of Mudad al-Jurhumi
Ruler of
Mecca
Lived in
Mecca

People and things also explored

Ismail (Ishmael)· Nabit (Nebaioth) ibn Ismail· Mecca· The Settlement of Hajar and Ismail at Mecca· Hajar (Hagar)· Ibrahim (Abraham)· The Kaaba· Ibrahim's journeys to Mecca

Sources

  1. al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.20
  2. Qalb Jazirat al-Arab — Fuʾad Hamza , p.230
  3. Tarikh al-Rusul wa-l-Muluk — al-Tabari , 2/191-194
  4. Rahma lil-Alamin — al-Mansur Furi , 2/7-17
  5. al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.27
  6. Qalb Jazirat al-Arab — Fuʾad Hamza , p.230-237
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Ismail (Ishmael)

Son of Ibrahim and Hajar, settled as an infant with his mother at Mecca where Zamzam sprang; he married into Jurhum, fathered twelve sons whose tribes spread from Mecca, and built the Kaaba with his father; the Adnani Arabs trace their lineages to him.