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ADWAN, a Moabite tribe claiming an Arabian origin. They declare that ten generations ago they formed part of a settled population in a fertile district of Arabia and were driven out by invaders much stronger in numbers.

See The Cambridge Ancient History, vol. i., 2nd ed. (1924).