Kitab al-Fitan · Nu'aym ibn Hammad

O people of Yemen, you say that Al-Mansur is one of you, but no, by the One in whose hand is my soul, he is my father’s Quraysh, and if he wished for me to attribute him to the furthest ancestor who is his, I would have done so.

Al-Walid bin Muslim told us, on the authority of Jarrah, on the authority of Artat, he said: “The prince of the tribe is neither from a tribe nor a family, but they hear a voice that neither human nor jinn said: They pledged allegiance to so-and-so in his name, who is neither from a tribe nor a family, but rather a Yemeni caliph.” Al-Walid said: And according to Ka’b’s knowledge, he is a Yamani Qurayshi, and he is the prince of the tribe, and the tribe is the people of Yemen and those who follow them from all those who were expelled from Jerusalem.