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Quraysh
thumb|387x387px|Map of the Arabian Peninsula in 600 AD, showing the various Arab tribes and their areas of settlement. The Lakhmids (yellow) formed an Arab monarchy as clients of the [[Sasanian Empire, while the Ghassanids (red) formed an Arab monarchy as clients of the Roman Empire A map published by the British academic Harold Dixon during World War I, showing the presence of the Arab tribes in West Asia, 1914]]
The Quraysh () are an Arab tribe who controlled Mecca before the rise of Islam. Their members were divided into ten main clans, most notably the Banu Hashim, into which Islam's found
Abu Dharr al-Ghifari
Companion of Muhammad (died 652)
Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali
Scholar, philologist
Nasr ibn Sayyar
General and governor of Khurasan (663–748)
Banu Kinanah
Kinana () is an Arab tribe based around Mecca in the Tihama coastal area and the Hejaz mountains. The Quraysh of Mecca, the tribe of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, was an offshoot of the Kinana. A number of modern-day tribes throughout the Arab world trace their lineage to the tribe.
Fihr ibn Malik
Pre-Islamic Arab chief

Suraqa ibn Malik
Pursued Muhammad
Harb al-fijar
Pre-Islamic war in Arab
Ghalib ibn Abd Allah al-Laythi
Al-Hakam ibn Amr al-Ghifari
Companion of Muhammad
Alqama ibn Mujazziz al-Kinani
early Muslim commander
Banu Ghifar
Banu Bakr ibn Abd Manat
Arab tribe during the pre-Islamic times
Banu Jadhimah