, showing the presence of the Arab tribes in
West Asia, 1914 There is an Arab tradition that Joktan was the progenitor of all the purest tribes of Southern Arabia. Joktan has been identified with Qahtān (Arabic: قحطان), the ancestral figure of
Qahtanites, in traditional Arab genealogy. Three of Joktan's sons have connections to South Arabia.
Sheba is identified as the ancient South Arabian kingdom of Saba.
Hazarmaveth (
Biblical Hebrew: חֲצַרְמָוֶת,
tr. Ḥăṣarmāweṯ;
Arabic: حضرموت) has been identified with the South Arabian region of
Hadhramaut and according to various Bible dictionaries, the name "Hazarmaveth" means "court of death" which reflects a meaning similar to the Arabic folk etymologies of the region.
Hadoram according to Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan is interpreted as denoting "the south" and it was a fortress to the south of Yemen's
Sana'a. Likewise, the
Kebra Nagast claims Joktan as the progenitor of not only Saba but the
Habesha people or Ethio-Semites. == East Asians theory ==