[5] The southern Arabic tradition on the other hand is entirely different, making Jadhima the son of Amr ibn Rabi'a ibn Nasr, who was settled by the Persian king in al-Hira.
According to Gustav Rothstein, however, the southern Arabic tradition is evidently a later invention.
[6] In medieval historical sources and literature, Jadhima is portrayed as a pivotal figure in the pre-Islamic history of the Arabs, especially in the context of the Roman–Persian Wars over supremacy in the Middle East.
[2] Numerous traditions around him and his companions and family became the subject of poetry and proverbial wisdom.
[2] Some fragments of poems are also attributed to him, and he is listed among the pre-Islamic poets by later anthologists.