Women of the Quraysh

E702370

Arab women historical community social group

Women of the Quraysh were the noblewomen belonging to the powerful Quraysh tribe of pre-Islamic and early Islamic Mecca, many of whom played significant roles in the lineage and early history of Islam.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Companions and family of the Prophet Muhammad	1
People of the Quraysh	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Arab women ⓘ historical community ⓘ social group ⓘ
associatedWith	Banu Hashim NERFINISHED ⓘ Banu Makhzum NERFINISHED ⓘ Banu Taym NERFINISHED ⓘ Banu Umayyah NERFINISHED ⓘ Banu Zuhrah NERFINISHED ⓘ Quraysh clan system ⓘ
culturalRole	transmission of poetry and oral tradition ⓘ upbringing of early Muslim figures ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Quraysh NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSignificance	formed part of the Prophet Muhammad’s kinship network ⓘ influenced alliances and conflicts in early Islam ⓘ
influenced	early Muslim community in Medina ⓘ formation of early Islamic family law norms ⓘ
knownFor	marital alliances ⓘ maternal ancestry of early Muslims ⓘ noble lineage ⓘ role in early Islamic history ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn	Arabian Peninsula ⓘ Hejaz NERFINISHED ⓘ Mecca NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableMember	Aishah bint Abi Bakr NERFINISHED ⓘ Aminah bint Wahb NERFINISHED ⓘ Asma bint Abi Bakr NERFINISHED ⓘ Atikah bint Abd al-Muttalib NERFINISHED ⓘ Fatimah bint Muhammad NERFINISHED ⓘ Hafsa bint Umar NERFINISHED ⓘ Hind bint Utbah NERFINISHED ⓘ Khadijah bint Khuwaylid NERFINISHED ⓘ Safiyyah bint Abd al-Muttalib NERFINISHED ⓘ Sawda bint Zam‘a NERFINISHED ⓘ Umm Habibah (Ramlah bint Abi Sufyan) NERFINISHED ⓘ Umm Hakim bint al-Harith NERFINISHED ⓘ Umm Jamil (Arwa bint Harb) NERFINISHED ⓘ Umm Salamah (Hind bint Abi Umayyah) NERFINISHED ⓘ Zaynab bint Jahsh NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Islam (after conversion) ⓘ paganism (pre-Islamic period) ⓘ
religiousContext	Islam ⓘ
roleInSociety	custodians of lineage and genealogy ⓘ economic participation in trade-related households ⓘ marriage alliances between clans ⓘ mothers of tribal leaders ⓘ
socialStatus	elite women of Mecca ⓘ nobility ⓘ
timePeriod	early Islamic period ⓘ pre-Islamic Arabia ⓘ
tribalAffiliation	Quraysh tribe NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Fatimah bint Amr → category → Women of the Quraysh ⓘ

Habibah bint Ubaydullah → category → Women of the Quraysh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Companions and family of the Prophet Muhammad

Hind bint Utbah → category → Women of the Quraysh ⓘ

this entity surface form: People of the Quraysh