Himyar son of saba s.o yashjub s.o yarub s.o QahtanWhat is the origin of himyar?
The mehra, shahra and bahra are sons of quda' s.o HimyarWhere do the Southern Semites like Al-Mahrah- Meheri fit in. The only Arabs that are relevant to Puntites. @SuldaankaMeheri
The ishmalites are known as Arab almusta'rib. The Qahtanites are the oroginal arabs and are called arab al-ariba. Theres also third category, Arab al-baaida or 'the destroyed arabs', this category includes many arab clans that were greatly dwindled. In the arab al-ariba category are the banu imliiq according to 9th C ibn sa'd:
“'Imliq was the progenitor of the 'Imlags. And to them belong tall people of Barbar whose genealogy is as follows: Barbar Ibn Tamila (Taimallah) Ibn Mazarab Ibn Fárán Ibn 'Amr Ibn 'Imliq Ibn Ludh Ibn Sam Ibn Nuh. As regards Sunhajah and Kutamah, they are the descendants of Fariqis Ibn Qays Ibn Sayfi Ibn Saba (Sheba). It is said that 'Imliq was the first person to speak Arabic when his people had migrated from Babil. They along with the Jurhumites were known as al-'Arab al-'Aribah...Imlaq is the same as 'Arib and Tasim and Amim”.
-Tabaqat al Kabir of Ibn Sa'ad