Kinana

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Kinana is an ancient Arab tribal confederation regarded as one of the major ancestral tribes of the Quraysh and other prominent groups in the Arabian Peninsula.

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Label Occurrences
Kinana canonical 3

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arab tribe
tribal confederation
ancestralTo Quraysh
other prominent Arab groups in the Arabian Peninsula
associatedWith Mecca
Western Saudi Arabia
surface form: western Arabia
continent Asia
culturalSphere North Arabian tribes
describedAs ancient Arab tribal confederation
eponymousAncestor Kinana ibn Khuzayma
ethnicity Arabs
surface form: Arab
genealogicalClassification northern Arabs
genealogicalRelationToQuraysh Quraysh
surface form: Quraysh is a branch of Kinana
hasSubtribe Dhuʼb
Hudhayl
Layth
Malik
Mudlij
Quraysh
ʿAmr
historicalContinuity tribal name preserved in Islamic-era sources
historicalSignificance formed part of the ancestral background of several leading Meccan clans
language Arabic
linkedTo lineage of Adnan
locatedIn Hejaz
mentionedIn Arab genealogical literature
early Islamic historical sources
modeOfLife combination of pastoralism and trade
neighboringTribe Khuzaʿa
notableDescendants tribe of Prophet Muhammad (through Quraysh)
partOfGenealogicalTree Arabs
surface form: Adnanite Arabs
politicalRole participant in inter-tribal alliances in pre-Islamic Mecca
preIslamicCenter vicinity of Mecca
region Arabian Peninsula
religionBeforeIslam Arabian polytheism
roleInArabia ancestral tribe of Quraysh
major tribal group
socialStructure confederation of related clans
statusInTradition one of the major tribes of western Arabia
timePeriod early Islamic era
pre-Islamic era
typeOfOrganization patrilineal tribal confederation

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Instruction
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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
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Input
Subject: Kinana
Description of subject: Kinana is an ancient Arab tribal confederation regarded as one of the major ancestral tribes of the Quraysh and other prominent groups in the Arabian Peninsula.

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Quraysh subTribeOf Kinana
Banu Taym ancestralTribe Kinana
Banu Nawfal ancestralTribe Kinana