Note 145 — THE CALIPH OMAR BIN AL-KHATTAB AND THE YOUNG BADAWI.
Richard Francis Burton translation
Adnan, with whom Arab genealogy begins, is generally supposed to be the eighth (Al-Tabari says the fortieth) descendant from Ishmael and nine generations are placed between him and Fahr (Fihr) Kuraysh. The Prophet cut all disputes short by saying, “Beyond Adnan none save Allah wotteth and the genealogists lie” (Pilgrimage ii. 344). M. C. de Perceval dates Adnan about B.C. 130.