Kais tribe

Japanese: カイス族 - かいすぞく
Kais tribe


[Pre-Islamic Arabs]
According to the ethnic traditions of the Arabs themselves, recorded in the 8th and 9th centuries, the Arabs are divided into (1) the lost Arabs (Arab al-Ba'ida), (2) the true Arabs (Arab al-'Aribah), and (3) the Arabized Arabs (Arab al-Mustariba). (1) refers to the Ad and Thamud tribes, which the Quran states were wiped out by God, (2) is the southern Arab tribe, also called the Yaman tribe, whose ancestor was Qaftan, and (3) is the northern Arab tribe, also called the Qays tribe, whose ancestor was Adnan. In the Arab genealogy compiled later, Qaftan is identified with Joktan in Genesis 10:25 and following, and Adnan is said to be a descendant of Abraham's son Ishmael.

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Kais tribe" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:


[イスラム以前のアラブ]
 8,9世紀ごろ記録にとどめられたアラブ自身の民族的伝承によれば,アラブは,(1)失われたアラブ(アラブ・アルバーイダ),(2)真のアラブ(アラブ・アルアーリバ),(3)アラブ化したアラブ(アラブ・アルムスターリバ)に分けられる。(1)は神によって絶滅させられたとコーランに記されるアード族やサムード族をさし,(2)はカフターンを祖とする南アラブでヤマン族ともいい,(3)はアドナーンを祖とする北アラブでカイス族ともいう。のちに整えられたアラブの系譜では,カフターンは《創世記》10章25節以下のヨクタンに比定され,アドナーンはアブラハムの息子イシュマエルの子孫とされる。…

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