Kināna بَنُو كِنَاَنَة | |
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Mudari Arab tribe | |
Nisba | Al-Kinānī الْكِنَانِيّ |
Location | Areas of Tihama and Hejaz around Mecca (5th century-present) Palestine (7th–12th centuries) |
Descended from | Kinana ibn Khuzayma ibn Mudrikah ibn Ilyas ibn Mudar |
Branches | |
Religion | Islam |
Kinana (Arabic: كِنَاَنَة, romanized: Kināna) is an Arab tribe based around Mecca in the Tihama coastal area and the Hejaz mountains.[1] The Quraysh of Mecca, the tribe of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, was an offshoot of the Kinana. A number of modern-day tribes throughout the Arab world trace their lineage to the tribe.[2]