Quraish

According to Nabia Abbott, in an article on “Woman and the State on the Eve of Islam,” Hind al-Hunud lived in the kingdom of Kindah, founded in the fifth century A.D. She sprang from a people known as the Quraish, who had long been dominant at Mecca, the great city of the Prophet.

Archive 2008-02-01 Jan 2008

Quraish Alkasi, president of the Society for Iraqi Surgeons, says Baghdad's public water supply is a health hazard.

Bottlers tap demand for clean water 2007

It's not clear whether the professor is a Saudi, but the Quraish are one of that nation's largest tribes.

Asifa Quraishi: “Western feminists have lost opportunities to work with - rather than against - Islam and Muslim women." Ann Althouse 2008

It's not clear whether the professor is a Saudi, but the Quraish are one of that nation's largest tribes.

Asifa Quraishi: “Western feminists have lost opportunities to work with - rather than against - Islam and Muslim women." Ann Althouse 2008

For this reason, it will be useful to mention about the history of Mecca along with Kaaba and Quraish with their main features.

Campaigning In The Bull Ring Praguetory 2007

The number of idols in Kaaba and its surroundings was 360; the biggest of these idols was Hubal which was the most significant idol of Quraish.

Campaigning In The Bull Ring Praguetory 2007

His followers rejected the doctrine of the "divine right" of the Imám, and held that the entire body of the Faithful had the right to elect the most suitable person, who need not necessarily be a man of the Quraish tribe, to fill that office.

The Faith of Islam Edward Sell

Khalífs, for it is clearly laid down in the Traditions that the Khalíf (or the Imám) must be of the tribe of the Quraish, to which the Prophet himself belonged.

The Faith of Islam Edward Sell

He appointed Zeid with three of the leading men of the Quraish as assistants to go over the whole work again.

The Faith of Islam Edward Sell

Imám As-Sháfa'í, a member of the Quraish tribe, was born A.H. 150.

The Faith of Islam Edward Sell