Quraysh

E27183

Arab tribe tribe

Quraysh was the powerful Arab tribe of Mecca that controlled the Kaaba and into which the Prophet Muhammad was born.

Aliases (11)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Arab tribe → tribe →
ancestor	Fihr ibn Malik →
clan	Banu Adi → Banu Asad → Banu Hashim → Banu Makhzum → Banu Nawfal → Banu Taym → Banu Umayya → Banu Zuhra →
concludedTreaty	Treaty of Hudaybiyyah →
controlled	Kaaba →
economicActivity	caravan trade → pilgrimage services → trade →
eponymousFrom	Fihr (Quraysh) →
ethnicity	Arab →
foughtIn	Battle of Badr → Battle of Uhud → Battle of the Trench →
language	Arabic →
laterAccepted	Islam →
locatedIn	Arabian Peninsula → Mecca →
mentionedIn	Quran →
notableMember	Abd al-Muttalib → Abu Bakr → Abu Sufyan ibn Harb → Aisha bint Abi Bakr → Ali ibn Abi Talib → Khadija bint Khuwaylid → Muhammad → Umar ibn al-Khattab → Uthman ibn Affan →
opposed	early Muslim community in Mecca →
politicalRole	custodians of the Kaaba → leaders of Mecca →
providedCaliphsTo	Abbasid Caliphate → Rashidun Caliphate → Umayyad Caliphate →
quranChapter	Surah Quraysh →
region	Hejaz →
religionBeforeIslam	Arab polytheism →
religiousStatus	guardians of pre-Islamic sanctuaries in Mecca →
subTribeOf	Kinana →
surrenderedIn	Conquest of Mecca →
timePeriod	early Islamic period → pre-Islamic Arabia →

Referenced by (46)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Abd al-Muttalib → Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib → Abdullah ibn Muhammad → Abu Bakr → Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib → Fatimah bint Muhammad → Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib → Khadijah bint Khuwaylid → Muawiya I → Muhammad → Qasim ibn Muhammad → Ruqayyah bint Muhammad → Umm Habiba → Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad → Uthman ibn Affan ("Banu Umayya") → Zaynab bint Jahsh → Zaynab bint Muhammad → al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib →	tribe
Battle of Badr ("Quraysh of Mecca") → Battle of Uhud ("Quraysh of Mecca") → Battle of the Trench ("Meccan Quraysh and allies") →	belligerent
Ali ibn Abi Talib → Muhammad ("Banu Hashim") → Umar ibn al-Khattab →	clan
Hashemite dynasty → Hijrah of Prophet Muhammad →	associatedTribe
Surah Quraysh → Surah Quraysh ("Li-īlāfi Quraysh") →	name
Surah Fussilat ("People of Mecca") →	addresses
Surah Quraysh ("tribe of Quraysh") →	associatedWith
Mount Uhud ("Quraysh of Mecca") →	battleOpponents
Battle of Uhud ("Quraysh aim to weaken Medina") →	cause
House of Hashim ("Banu Hashim") →	claimsDescentFrom
Battle of Uhud ("Quraysh of Mecca") →	conflictBetween
Battle of the Trench ("Meccan Quraysh") →	hasParticipant
Hafsa bint Umar →	lineage
Aminah bint Wahb →	memberOf
Surah Quraysh →	mentions
Conquest of Mecca ("Quraysh of Mecca") →	opponent
Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib ("Quraysh of Mecca") →	opponentInBattle
Hijra ("Quraysh of Mecca") →	opposedBy
Hijra →	relatedTo
Umayyad Caliphate ("Banu Umayya") →	rulingFamily
Surah Quraysh ("Quraysh tribe") →	subject
Aminah bint Wahb ("Banu Zuhrah") →	tribalClan
Aisha bint Abi Bakr →	tribalConfederation