KURAISH

koorīshˈ, ancient Bedouin tribe near Mecca to which Muhammad belonged. At one time camel drivers and caravan guides, they became, after acquiring custody of the Kaaba (5th cent.), one of the most powerful tribes in central Arabia and the chief family of Mecca. They were at first bitter opponents of Muhammad but became his devoted followers when Muhammad retained the Kaaba, a source of pilgrim revenue, as a sanctuary of Islam. The great founders of the Umayyad, Abbasid, and Fatimid dynasties were of Kuraish origin. The modern Hashemite rulers of Jordan, the former Imam of Yemen, and the king of Morocco claim to be the descendants of Muhammad's tribe. The name also appears as Quraysh or Koreish.

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The Arab World: Past, Present, and Future
Book by Nejla L. Izzeddin; Henry Regnery, 1953
Subjects: Arabs, Middle East
...Islam, there lived in Mecca a tribe, the Kuraish, already famous in pre-Islamic times...religious center of the pagan Arabs, and the Kuraish derived great prestige from the guardianship...for centuries. This trade carried the Kuraish southward to Yaman and across the Red...
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Nigerian Perspectives: An Historical Anthology
Book by Thomas Hodgkin; Oxford University Press, 1960
Subjects: Nigeria--History--Sources
...Ghalib and Luway was the ancestor of the Kuraish. We have seen also written in the above...Truly his descent is traced back to the Kuraish and such is not the case with many people...an oasis in south-eastern Libya. 2 Kuraish Quraysh , the Meccan family to which the...
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History of the Byzantine Empire: From Constantine the Great to the Epoch of the Crusades - Vol. 1
Book by A. A. Vasiliev, S. Ragozin; University of Wisconsin, 1928
Subjects: Byzantine Empire--History
...About the fifth century A.D. a distinguished tribe of Kuraish began to dominate in the city. The material interests of the...member of the Hashimite clan, one of the poorest clans of the Kuraish tribe. His parents died while he was still very young, and...
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The Church in the Dark Ages
Book by H. Daniel-Rops, Audrey Butler; J. M. Dent & Sons, 1959
Subjects: Church History--Middle Ages
...his immediate family was poor, he belonged to the powerful Kuraish tribe which controlled both the trading interests of the town...In order to make his living he was forced, like most of the Kuraish, to turn to the caravan trade. He entered the service of...
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Studies in Muslim Ethics
Book by Dwight M. Donaldson; S. P. C. K., 1953
Subjects: Islamic Ethics
...5 Encyclopaedia of Islam , art. "Kuraish". 6 Yaqubi ed. Houtsma, II, pp. 49, 52 gives traditional authority...clans of the Arabic tribe of Djudham. 7 Encyelopaedia of Islam , art. "Kuraish".
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ARMM Celebrates Today Its 18th Foundation Day
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, November 6, 2008
...Southeast Asia were Muslim states centuries before the Spaniards came. The Sulu Kadatuans trace their ancestry to the tribe of Kuraish, through Fatima, daughter of the Prophet Muhammad. The Sulu Sultanate was then established in A.D. 1450 by Sayeed Abubakar...


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Kuraish
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
KURAISH koorish , ancient Bedouin tribe near Mecca to which Muhammad belonged...great founders of the Umayyad, Abbasid, and Fatimid dynasties were of Kuraish origin. The modern Hashemite rulers of Jordan, the former Imam of Yemen...
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Muhammad , Prophet of Islam
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Early Life Muhammad was the son of Abdallah ibn Abd al-Muttalib and his wife Amina, both of the Hashim clan of the dominant Kuraish (Quraysh) tribal federation. Muhammad was orphaned soon after birth, and was brought up by his uncle Abu Talib. When he...
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Koreish
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
KOREISH see Kuraish . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Quraysh
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
QURAYSH see Kuraish . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.


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