 The Arab genealogies consider the Banu Lihyan to be Ishmaelites, Arabs descended from Ishmael, although in Jewish tradition they are thought to be descended directly from Abraham through his second wife Keturah (rather than from Ishmael).The descendants of Lihyan founded the Arab kingdom of Lihyan and at present live in the desert between Mecca and Jeddah.The term Dedan ("ddn") appears in ancient texts exclusively as a toponym (name of a place), while the term Lihyan ("lḥyn") appears as both a toponym and an ethnonym (name of a people).