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Genealogy of the Prophet Muhammad ﵌

Over 1,200 individuals across 41 generations, from Ibrahim (Abraham) to the Prophet's ﵌ descendants, built from classical sources and rendered with the Nasayeb genealogy engine. A research project that may contain errors; report any from a person's page.

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Article26 July 2026· 9 min read

A New Way to Draw Genealogy: the "Marriage-Node" Model

How we rebuilt tree rendering to represent polygyny, cousin marriage and converging lineage, how the "Āl ʿAbd Allāh" sample tree showcases it, with one engine for every tree.

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Research project26 July 2026· 10 min read

Documenting the Genealogy of the Prophet Muhammad ﵌

The twelve classical sources, the methodology, confidence grades and disputed lineage, "from the source" quotes anchored to volume and page, and how the women, mothers and traditions are handled.

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Article15 June 2026· 14 min read

Standards for representing genealogical data: from GEDCOM to modern models

A critical review of the standards for representing lineage, their limits when faced with complex structures, and where the Nasayeb platform contributes.

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Article10 June 2026· 13 min read

Representing lineage as a graph: modeling complex kinship

Why the tree representation falls short, and how graph models handle marriage between relatives and multiple spouses.

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Article5 June 2026· 13 min read

Identity recognition from names and lineage: record normalization and matching

How individuals are distinguished in families with heavy name similarity, with a literature review and the Nasayeb platform's contribution.

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