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Banu Kinanah
Also known as Kinanah, Bani 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.
Key facts
- Tribe.name
- Kināna
- Tribe.type
- Khindifite Arab tribe
- Tribe.image_size
- 130px
- Tribe.caption
- Banner of the Kinana at Battle of Siffin (657)
- Tribe.nisba
- Al-Kinānī
- Tribe.location
- Areas of Tihama and Hejaz around Mecca (5th century-present) Israel (7th–12th centuries) Damietta and vicinity (12th–13th centuries)
- Tribe.descended
- Kinanah ibn Khuzaymah
- Tribe.branches
- Nadr Quraysh (counted as separate tribe) Malik Milkan Amir Amr Abd Manat Bakr Mudlij Layth Du'il Damra Ghifar Harith Jadhima
- Tribe.religion
- Islam
- Tribe.image
- Kinana.svg
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7 sectionsContents
- Location
- History
- Origins and branches
- Early Islamic period
- Middle Islamic period
- References
- Bibliography
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.
== Location == The traditional tribal territory of the Kinana extended from the part of the Tihama coastline near Mecca northeastward to the borders of the territory of their tribal relatives, the Banu Asad. thumb|258x258px|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]]