^Kister, M.J. «Ķuāḍa.» Encyclopaedia of Islam. Edited by: P. Bearman , Th. Bianquis , C.E. Bosworth , E. van Donzel and W.P. Heinrichs. Brill, 2008. Brill Online. 10 April 2008: «The name is an early one and can be traced in fragments of the old Arab poetry. The tribes recorded as Ķuḍā'ī were: Kalb [q.v.], Djuhayna , Balī, Bahrā' [q.v.], Khawlān [q.v.], Mahra , Khushayn, Djarm, 'Udhra [q.v.], Balkayn [see al-Kayn ], Tanūkh [q.v.] and Salīh»
^Serge D. Elie, «Hadiboh: From Peripheral Village to Emerging City», Chroniques Yéménites: «In the middle, were the Arabs who originated from different parts of the mainland (e.g., prominent Mahrî tribes10, and individuals from Hadramawt, and Aden)». Footnote 10: «Their neighbours in the West scarcely regarded them as Arabs, though they themselves consider they are of the pure stock of Himyar.» [1]