Kinana

Kināna
بَنُو كِنَاَنَة
Mudari Arab tribe
Banner of the Kinana at Battle of Siffin (657)
NisbaAl-Kinānī
الْكِنَانِيّ
LocationAreas of Tihama and Hejaz around Mecca (5th century-present)

Palestine (7th–12th centuries)

Damietta and vicinity (12th–13th centuries)
Descended fromKinana ibn Khuzayma ibn Mudrikah ibn Ilyas ibn Mudar
Branches
  • Nadr
    • Quraysh (counted as separate tribe)
  • Malik
  • Milkan
  • Amir
  • Amr
  • Abd Manat
ReligionIslam

Kinana (Arabic: كِنَاَنَة, romanizedKināna) 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]

  1. ^ Watt 1986, p. 116.
  2. ^ Houtsma, M. Th., ed. (1993). "Kinana". E. J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913–1936. Vol. 4. Brill. pp. 1017–1018. ISBN 9789004097902.