ab at , ▁K ed ar , ▁Ab de el , ▁Dum ah , ▁Mass a , ▁and ▁Tem an " ▁were ▁mentioned ▁in ▁the ▁Ass y rian ▁royal ▁ins cri ptions ▁as ▁Arab ian ▁tribes . ▁Jes ur ▁was ▁mentioned ▁in ▁Greek ▁ins cri ptions ▁in ▁the ▁First ▁Century ▁BC . ▁ ▁The ▁Q ed ar ite ▁Kingdom ▁continued ▁long ▁after ▁the ▁dem ise ▁of ▁the ▁last ▁native ▁Bab yl onian ▁king ▁N ab on id us , ▁but ▁the ▁N ab ata e an ▁Kingdom ▁emer ged ▁from ▁the ▁Q ed ar ite ▁kingdom ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁continu ity ▁in ▁ge ography ▁and ▁language ▁between ▁the ▁two ▁tribes ▁some ▁two ▁hundred ▁and ▁fifty ▁years ▁later . ▁Many ▁ ▁Arab ic ▁tribes ▁names ▁of ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁Muhammad ▁( and ▁now ) ▁such ▁as ▁As ad , ▁Mad hh ij , ▁and ▁the ▁ancest or ▁tribes ▁of ▁Muhammad : ▁Ma ' ad ▁and ▁N izar ▁were ▁found ▁in ▁the ▁Nam ara ▁ins cription ▁dated ▁ 3 2 5 ▁AD ▁in ▁the ▁N ab ate an ▁script . ▁ ▁Gene alog ical ▁attempt ▁to ▁trace ▁the ▁ancest ry ▁of ▁the ▁Arab s ▁ ▁Med ieval ▁Arab ▁gene alog ists ▁divided ▁Arab s ▁into ▁three ▁groups : ▁ ▁" An cient ▁Arab s ", ▁tribes ▁that ▁had ▁van ished ▁or ▁been ▁destroyed , ▁such ▁as ▁ ʿ Ā d ▁and ▁Th am ud , ▁often ▁mentioned ▁in ▁the ▁Q ur ' an ▁as ▁examples ▁of ▁God ' s ▁power ▁to ▁destroy ▁those ▁who ▁did