The 5 most famous extinct Arab tribes

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Arabs are like other human races descendants of Noah, peace be upon him, after the flood occurred, and scientists specialized in genealogy think that they are descendants of Sam bin Noah, peace be upon him, and that the Arabs can be divided throughout history into three groups, namely the defunct Arabs, the Arabized Arabs and the Arabized Arabs. It is most likely that the defunct Arabs are the oldest and that among them are many separate tribes such as Aad, Thamud and Arabs Araba, including many tribes, the most famous of which are Jarham and Amim, while the Arabized Arabs are tribes such as the Amalekites who once inhabited Jerusalem.

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  • According to genealogy experts, Arabs are believed to be descendants of Shem, the son of Noah (peace be upon him), and are categorized into defunct Arabs, pure Arabs, and Arabized Arabs.
  • The ancient tribes of Aad and Thamud are considered defunct Arabs who rejected their prophets and were ultimately destroyed by divine punishment.
  • Jarham was a significant tribe among the pure Arabs that inhabited Mecca during the time of Prophet Ismail (peace be upon him) and played a role in rebuilding the Kaaba.
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  • The Amim tribe, attributed to Laudh bin Sam, lived in central Arabia and possibly perished due to environmental causes such as sand encroachment.
  • The Amalekites are identified as Arabized Arabs who were originally Bedouin people of the Levant and Iraq and gradually adopted the Arabic language and culture.
  • Despite their ancient origins, Arabs have continually shown the ability to evolve and have significantly contributed to global knowledge, especially during the Abbasid and Andalusian eras.
  • The historical influence of Arabs in science, literature, and culture is immense, and there is a call to revive that legacy of intellectual and artistic dominance.

Extinct Arab tribes

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They are the people of the Prophet of God Hood, peace be upon him, and most likely they inhabited Al-Ahqaf in Yemen, although the exact place is not known until now, but this is the closest jurisprudence of scholars regarding the place where the people of Aad were found and lived, and the people of Aad were mentioned in several places, most of which tell about the message of our master Hood, peace be upon him, to them and their denial of him and even the torment that befell them and ended their presence on earth.

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Thamud

They are the people of the Prophet of God Saleh, peace be upon him, and they are attributed to Thamud bin Ghathir bin Iram, who is also a descendant of Sam bin Noah, peace be upon him, and it is said that they inhabited a valley called Wadi Al-Qura between the Hijaz and the Levant, and the Prophet of God sent them Saleh, peace be upon him, and their story with the camel that they lied about, and slaughtered them all, and that as a result, God Almighty sent torment to eliminate them, and then this tribe ended.

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The tribe of Jarham or the sons of Jarham are the tribe that inhabited Mecca when Ismail (peace be upon him) was a child and God Almighty ordered Ibrahim (peace be upon him) to take his wife Hajar and his infant son Ismail and take them to Mecca and leave them there, which is what actually happened and then Mecca was built and the Kaaba was rebuilt. The lineage of the Jarham tribe goes back to Jarham bin Qahtan bin Aber bin Shalakh who is also a descendant of Shem bin Noah (peace be upon him).

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Amim

They are an ancient Arab tribe of defunct Arabs attributed to Laudh bin Sam bin Noah, peace be upon him, and it is likely that they inhabited the center of the Arabian Peninsula, and some say that they inhabited the Empty Quarter specifically. They lived their lives on herding, horse riding and farming and it is said that their end was due to the encroachment of sand on them and wiped them out.

Amalekites

They are ancient inhabitants of the Levant and Iraq, and most likely they are the tribe that was called the tribe "Al-Amo" and they were Bedouins and their lives were based on grazing and hunting and they were Arabized Arabs who learned and spoke Arabic gradually throughout history because of their proximity to the Arab tribes in housing and dealing, and as we mentioned they had previously inhabited Jerusalem and Jerusalem at one time.

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Arab influence on the development of the world

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At the end of our conversation, it must be noted that the Arab race, although it is one of the oldest races that inhabited the earth, that with different generations, it still maintains its important position and its ability to learn, error, develop and reach points that no one has previously reached, as did the ancient Arab scholars in important historical eras and a difference in the form of life on earth, such as the Abbasid and Andalusian era in terms of science and literature, these two eras are, for example, Not limited to the Arab world has a great credit to humanity and we hope to return to our previous era by becoming the first and most powerful influence in the scientific and artistic circles as we were in the past.

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