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.
All labels observed (1)
| 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 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
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.