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Al-Quraish------Famous Arab Tribe

The Quraysh or Quraish (Arabic: قريش‎, Qurayš; other transliterations include "Quresh", "Qurrish", "Qurish", "Qirsh", "Qureshi", "Kuraish", "Koraish", "Koreish" and "Coreish") were a powerful merchant tribe that controlled Makkah and its Kaaba upon the appearance of the religion of Islam.

Muhammad (PBUH) was born into the Banu Hashim clan of the Quraysh tribe.

Clans

Quraysh branched out into various sub-clans, who in turn branched out into yet further sub-clans. Roughly the division corresponded to the family lines of the current chieftain of that clan having sons.

Banu Quraysh — Quraysh was divided into several sub-clans.

Banu Abd-al-dar — sub-clan of Quraysh
Banu Abd Manaf — sub-clan of Quraysh

Banu Nawfal — sub-clan of Banu Abd Manaf, clan of Mut`im ibn ‘Adi^[19]
Banu Muttalib — sub-clan of Banu Abd Manaf
Banu Hashim — sub-clan of Banu Abd Manaf, clan of Muhammad.
Banu Abd Shams — sub-clan of Banu Abd Manaf, parent clan of Banu Umayyah.

Banu Umayyah — sub-clan of Banu Abd Shams, clan of Abu Sufyan and Uthman ibn Affan

Banu Makhzum — sub-clan of Quraysh, clan of Khalid ibn al-Walid
Banu Zuhrah — sub-clan of Quraysh, clan of Sa'ad ibn Abi Waqqas
Banu Taym — sub-clan of Quraysh, clan of Abu Bakr
Banu Adi — sub-clan of Quraysh, clan of Umar ibn al-Khattab
Banu Asad (Quraysh) — sub-clan of Quraysh, clan of Abd-Allah ibn al-Zubayr and Khadijah
Banu Jumah — sub-clan of Quraysh
Banu Sahm — sub-clan of Quraysh, clan of Amr ibn al-As

Banū Hāshim (Arabic: بنو هاشم) was a clan in the Quraysh tribe. Muhammad, was a member of this clan; his great-grandfather was Hashim, for whom the clan is named. Members of this clan are referred to by the Anglicised version of their name as Hashemites, Hussaini or Hasani. Descendants of Muhammad usually carry the titles Sayyid, Syed or Sharif.