Banu Hashim

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Banu Hashim
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Arabia
Descended fromHashim ibn Abd Manaf
Parent tribeQuraysh
Branches
LanguageArabic
ReligionIslam
SurnamesAl Hashimi

Banu Hashim (

Arabic: بنو هاشم, romanizedBanū Hāshim) is an Arab clan within the Quraysh tribe to which the Islamic prophet Muhammad belonged, named after Muhammad's great-grandfather Hashim ibn Abd Manaf
.

Members of this clan, and especially their descendants, are also referred to as Hashimids, Hashimites, Hashemites, or Bakara and often carry the surname

Fatima, hold the traditional title of Sharīf (often synonymous to Sayyid).[1]

From the 8th century on, Hashimid descent came to be regarded as a mark of nobility, and formed the basis upon which many dynasties legitimized their rule.[2] Some of the most famous Islamic dynasties of Hashimid descent include the Abbasids (ruled from Baghdad 750–945; held the caliphate without exercising power 945–1258 in Baghdad and 1261–1517 in Cairo), the Fatimids (ruled from Cairo and claimed the caliphate 909–1171), the 'Alawi (rulers of Morocco, 1631–present), and the Hashemites (rulers of Jordan, 1921–present).[3]

History

Traditionally, the tribe is named after Hashim ibn Abd Manaf. He was married to Salma bint Amr of the Banu Najjar, an Azdi clan.[4][5]

Amongst pre-Islamic Arabs, people classified themselves according to their tribe, their clan, and then their house/family. There were two major tribal kinds: the

Banu Abd al-Manaf
section of the Quraysh.

Dynasties and Tribes

The following Royal, Imperial dynasties and Tribes claim descent from Hashim:

Arabia

Africa

Indo-Persia

Southeast Asia

Europe

  • Idris ibn Abdullah
    )

Family tree


Kilab ibn MurrahFatimah bint Sa'd
Qusai ibn Kilab
paternal great-great-great-grandfather
Hubba bint Hulail
paternal great-great-great-grandmother
`
Abd Manaf ibn Zuhrah
maternal great-grandfather
`Abd Manaf ibn Qusai
paternal great-great-grandfather
Atikah bint Murrah
paternal great-great-grandmother
Wahb ibn `Abd Manaf
maternal grandfather
Hashim ibn 'Abd Manaf
(progenitor of Banu Hashim)
paternal great-grandfather
Salma bint `Amr
paternal great-grandmother
Abdul-Muttalib
paternal grandfather
Halah bint Wuhayb
paternal step-grandmother
Hamza

paternal half-uncle
Abu Lahab

paternal half-uncle
6 other sons
and 6 daughters
Muhammad
`Abd Allah ibn `Abbas

paternal cousin
`Abd-Allah

son
Zayd

adopted son
Abd-Allah ibn Uthman
grandson
Rayhana
(marriage disputed)
Usama ibn Zayd
adoptive grandson
family tree
Umm Kulthum bint Ali
granddaughter
Zaynab bint Ali
granddaughter
Safiyya
tenth / eleventh wife*
Maymuna

eleventh / twelfth wife*
Umm Habiba
ninth wife
Maria al-Qibtiyya
Ibrahim
son
  • Note that direct lineage is marked in bold.

See also

References

  1. Heinrichs, W. P.
    (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition.
  2. ^ Van Arendonk & Graham 1960–2007.
  3. .
  4. ^ al-Tabari, Abu Jafar. The History of al-Tabari Vol. 6: Muhammad at Mecca. p. 125.
  5. ^ The Agrarian System of Islam Muḥammad Taqī Amīnī Idarah-i Adabiyat-i Delli, 1991
  6. .
  7. .
  8. .
  9. ^ a b c d Vachon, Boudreau & Cogné 1998, p. 236.
  10. ^ Hoiberg 2010, p. 10.
  11. ^ a b Vachon, Boudreau & Cogné 1998, p. 238.
  12. ^ a b c Vachon, Boudreau & Cogné 1998, p. 235.
  13. ^ a b c I. M. Lewis, A pastoral democracy: a study of pastoralism and politics among the Northern Somali of the Horn of Africa, (LIT Verlag Münster: 1999), p. 157.
  14. .
  15. ^ Vachon, Boudreau & Cogné 1998, p. 237.
  16. ^ Abu Huraira Virasat Rasul. Ashraf Al Ansab. Karachi Publications.
  17. ^ Khan, Shah Nawaz (1952). Maasir al Umara. Calcutta: Calcutta Oriental Press. pp. 259–262.
  18. ^ a b Vachon, Boudreau & Cogné 1998, p. 233.

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