Muhammad bin Ishaq said: "Miqdad bin Amr bin Tha'labah bin Rabi'ah bin Thumamah bin Matrud bin Amr bin Sa'd bin Zuhayr bin Thawr bin Tha'labah bin Malik bin al-Sharid bin Hazl bin Qabis bin Duraym bin al-Qayn bin Ahwad bin Bahra' bin Amr bin al-Haf bin Quda'ah. He was attributed to al-Aswad bin Abd Yaghuth bin Wahb bin Abd Manaf bin Zuhrah because al-Aswad adopted him and made a pact of alliance with him. He was of brown complexion and heavily built, dyed his beard yellow, and had a high-bridged, long nose. He died in Madinah at the age of seventy, and Sayyiduna Uthman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with them both) led his funeral prayer."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب الميم / 17688