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The Banū Hāshim (Arabic: بنو هاشم) is an Arab clan within the Quraysh. The this clan to which Muḥammad belonged was named after Muḥammad's great-grandfather Hāshim ibn ʿAbd Manāf.

Banū Hāshim
بنو هاشم
Seal of Muḥammad, Muqwaki (circular) design
Name of Banū Hāshim in Arabic calligraphy
Parent familyQuraysh
Place of originMakkah, Ḥijāz
FounderHāshim ibn ʿAbd Manāf

States[change | change source]

States founded by descendants of:

  • Muḥammad
  • ʿAlī (ʿAlids)
  • Ḥasan and Ḥusayn (sons of 'Alī and Muḥammad's daughter, Fāṭima)
  • al-ʿAbbās

All of them are descendants of Hāshim ibn ʿAbd Manāf.

List[change | change source]

  • Abbasids (750–1258/1261–1517)[1]
  • Idrisids (788–974)[2][3]
  • Alid dynasties in northern Iran (864–900/914–928)
  • Ukhaydhirites (867–middle 11th century)[4]
  • Saadis (1510–1659)[5][a]
  • Filalids (1631–present)[6]– Ruled in Tafilalt (1631–68) and Morocco (1668–present)
  • Hashemites (1916–present)[7] – Ruled in Mecca (10th century–1924), all of Hejaz (1916–25) , after that Syria (1920) , Iraq (1921–58) and Jordan (1921–present)

References[change | change source]

  1. Lewis 2012.
  2. Eustache 1971, p. 1035–1037.
  3. Benchekroun 2018.
  4. Madelung 2012.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Ceran 2008, p. 407–410.
  6. Rezûk 1996, p. 71–73.
  7. Rentz 2018.

Bibliography[change | change source]

  • Benchekroun, Chafik T. (2018). "Idrīsids". Encyclopaedia of Islam (3rd ed.). Brill. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_ei3_COM_32374. ISSN 1873-9830.
  • Eustache, D. (1971). "Idrīsids". Encyclopaedia of Islam. Vol. 3 (2nd ed.). Brill. pp. 1035–1037. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_3495. OCLC 495469525.
  • Rentz, G. (2018). "Hāshimīs of Mecca". Encyclopaedia of Islam (3rd ed.). Brill. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_ei3_COM_40452.
  • Lewis, Bernard (2012). "ʿAbbāsids". Encyclopaedia of Islam (2nd ed.). Brill. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_COM_0002.
  • Ceran, İsmail (2008). "Sâ'dîler". TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (in Turkish). Vol. 35. pp. 407–410.
  • Rezûk, Muhammed (1996). "Filâlîler". TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (in Turkish). Vol. 13. pp. 71–73.
  • Madelung, W. (2012). "al-Uk̲h̲ayḍir". Encyclopaedia of Islam (2nd ed.). Brill. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_7693.

Notes[change | change source]

  1. There are also those who say that the Saadis belonged to Banu Sa'd, the tribe of Halimah, the wet nurse of the Muḥammad.[5]