The Ishmaelites (Hebrew: יִשְׁמְעֵאלִיםYīšməʿēʾlīm, Arabic: بَنِي إِسْمَاعِيل Bani Isma'il; "sons of Ishmael") were a tribal confederation of Iron Age Semitic-speaking tribes of the ancient Near East, which inhabited mostly in western Arabia.
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