Banu Hashim

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

States

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

  • 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

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Notes

  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]