Lud ( he, לוּד ''Lūḏ'') was a son of Shem and grandson of

Noah Noah ''Nukh''; am, ኖህ, ''Noḥ''; ar, نُوح '; grc, Νῶε ''Nôe'' () is the tenth and last of the pre-Flood patriarchs in the traditions of Abrahamic religions. His story appears in the Hebrew Bible (Book of Genesis, chapters 5– ...

, according to ''

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'' 10 (the " Table of Nations"). The descendants of Lud are usually, following Josephus, connected with various Anatolian peoples, particularly

Lydia Lydia (Lydian language, Lydian: ‎𐤮𐤱𐤠𐤭𐤣𐤠, ''Śfarda''; Aramaic: ''Lydia''; el, Λυδία, ''Lȳdíā''; tr, Lidya) was an Iron Age Monarchy, kingdom of western Asia Minor located generally east of ancient Ionia in the mod ...

(Assyrian ''Luddu'') and their predecessors, the Luwians; cf. Herodotus' assertion (''Histories'' i. 7) that the Lydians were first so named after their king, Lydus (Λυδός). However, the chronicle of Hippolytus of Rome (c. 234 AD) identifies Lud's descendants with the ''Lazones'' or ''Alazonii'' (names usually taken as variants of the " Halizones" said by

Strabo Strabo''Strabo'' (meaning "squinty", as in strabismus) was a term employed by the Romans for anyone whose eyes were distorted or deformed. The father of Pompey was called "Pompeius Strabo". A native of Sicily so clear-sighted that he could see ...

to have once lived along the Halys) while it derives the Lydians from the aforementioned Ludim, son of Mizraim. The '' Book of Jubilees'', in describing how the world was divided between Noah's sons and grandsons, says that Lud received "the mountains of Asshur and all appertaining to them till it reaches the Great Sea, and till it reaches the east of Asshur his brother" (Charles translation). The Ethiopian version reads, more clearly "... until it reaches, ''toward'' the east, toward his brother Asshur's portion." ''Jubilees'' also says that

Japheth Japheth ( he, יֶפֶת ''Yép̄eṯ'', in pausa ''Yā́p̄eṯ''; el, Ἰάφεθ '; la, Iafeth, Iapheth, Iaphethus, Iapetus) is one of the three sons of Noah in the Book of Genesis, in which he plays a role in the story of Noah's drunk ...

's son Javan received islands in front of Lud's portion, and that Tubal received three large peninsulae, beginning with the first peninsula nearest Lud's portion. In all these cases, "Lud's portion" seems to refer to the entire Anatolian peninsula, west of Mesopotamia. Some scholars have associated the Biblical Lud with the ''Lubdu'' of Assyrian sources, who inhabited certain parts of western Media and Atropatene. 10th century Muslim historian Ali ibn al-Husayn al-Masudi writes in his widely acclaimed historical book '' The Meadows of Gold and Mines of Gems'' that

Keyumars Keyumars or Kiomars ( fa, کیومرث) was the name of the first king (shah) of the Pishdadian dynasty of Iran according to the ''Shahnameh''. The name appears in Avestan in the form of ''𐬔𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬊 𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬙𐬀𐬥 Gai ...

, the first king of Persia, was the son of Lud, son of Shem. The Muslim historian Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari (c. 915) recounts a tradition that the wife of Lud was named Shakbah, daughter of

, and that she bore him " Faris, Jurjan, and the races of Persia." He further asserts that Lud was the progenitor of not only the Persians, but also the

Amalek Amalek (; he, עֲמָלֵק, , ar, عماليق ) was a nation described in the Hebrew Bible as a staunch enemy of the Israelites. The name "Amalek" can refer to the nation's founder, a grandson of Esau; his descendants, the Amalekites; or the ...

ites and Canaanites, and all the peoples of the East, Oman, Hejaz, Syria, Egypt, and Bahrain. Some creationists identify Lud as the progenitor of Haplogroup I-M170.http://aschmann.net/BibleChronology/Genesis10.pdf

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