Rabi'a ibn Nizar
Rabīʿa ibn Nizar (Arabic: ربيعة بن نزار) is the patriarch of one of two main branches of the "North Arabian" (Adnanite) tribes, the other branch being founded by Mudhar. == Branches == According to the classical Arab genealogists, the following are the important branches of Rabīʿa: Abd al-Qays Anizah Anz ibn Wa'il Banu Bakr, which also included the following sub-tribes Banu Hanifa Banu Shayban Banu Qays ibn Tha'laba Taym Allah (or Taym Allat) Banu Yashkur Taghlib al-Nammir ibn Qasit == Location == Like the rest of the Adnanite Arabs, legend has it that Rabīʿa's original homelands were in the Tihamah region of western Arabia, from which Rabīʿa migrated northwards and eastwards.