Kināna

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Tribal groups on the Arabian Peninsula in the time of Muhammad. The Kināna lived in the vicinity of Mecca.

The Kināna ibn Chuzaima ( Arabic كنانة بن خزيمة, DMG Kināna b. Ḫuzaima ) are an Arab tribe, which is of historical importance mainly because it is the mother tribe of the Quraish , to which Mohammed also belonged. The areas of the Kināna were at the time of Muhammad north and northeast of Mecca and southwest of the city in the Tihama .

The Kināna belong to the North Arabian tribes who consider Mudar ibn Nizār to be their ancestor. The most important branches of the tribe were An-Nadr, from which the Quraish descended, Mālik, Malkān, ʿĀmir, ʿAmr and ʿAbd Manāt. A subgroup of the ʿAbd Manāt, the Bakr ibn ʿAbd Manāt, were a very strong group. In the time of Muhammad they were initially enemies with the Quraish. However, as a result of Muhammad's caravan raids and his constant insults to their gods, the two groups grew closer and in the battle of the trenches they fought side by side against the Muslims in Medina . It was an attack by the Bakr on Muhammad's allies of the Chuzāʿa that led to the conquest of Mecca in January 630. After Muhammad's death, the Kināna dispersed to the various Islamic countries.

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