Qusayy ibn Kilab

Qusai ibn Kilab ibn Murrah (Arabic: ‫قصي ٱبن كالب ٱبن مرة‬, Qusayy ibn
Qusayy ibn Kilab
Kilāb ibn Murrah; ca. 400–480), also spelled Qusayy, Kusayy, Kusai, or
Cossai, born Zayd (Arabic: ‫)زيد‬,[1] was an Ishmaelite descendant of Abraham.
‫قصي ٱبن كالب‬
Orphaned early on, he would rise to become chief of Mecca, and leader of the ‫زيد ٱبن كالب‬
Quraysh tribe.[2] He is best known for being an ancestor of the Islamic Prophet
1st Chief of Quraysh
Muhammad as well as the third and the fourth Rashidun caliphs, Uthman and
Ali, and the later Umayyad, Abbasid, and Fatimid caliphs along with several of Succeeded by Abd Manaf ibn
the most prominent Hashemite dynasties in the orient.[3] Qusai
Personal details
Background Born Zayd ibn Kilab
400
His father was Kilab ibn Murrah who died when Qusai was an infant. Died 480
According to Islamic tradition, he was a descendant of Ibrahim (Abraham)
Spouse Hubba bint Hulail
through his son Ismail (Ishmael). His elder brother Zuhrah ibn Kilab was the
progenitor of the Banu Zuhrah clan. After his father's death his mother Fatimah Children Abd-al-Dar ibn
bint Sa'd ibn Sayl married Rabi'ah ibn Haram from the Bani Azra tribe, who Qusai (son)
took her with him to Syria, where she gave birth to a son called Darraj.[4] His Abd Manaf ibn
uncle was Taym ibn Murrah ibn Murrah ibn Ka'b ibn Lu'ayy ibn Ghalib ibn Qusai (son)
Fihr ibn Malik ibn An-Nadr ibn Kinanah, who was of the Quraysh al-Bitah Abd-al-Uzza ibn
(i.e. Qurayshis living near the Ka'bah in Mecca.[4] Qusai
Parent(s) Kilab ibn Murrah
Life in Syria (father)
Fatimah bint Sa'd
Qusai grew up treating his step-father, Rabi'ah, as his father. When a quarrel (mother)
broke out between Qusai and some members of the tribe of Rabi'ah, they
reproached him and betrayed the fact that they never regarded him as one of Relatives Zuhrah ibn Kilab
their own. Qusai complained to his mother, who replied "O my son," she said, (brother)
"your descent is nobler than theirs, you are the son of Kilab ibn Murrah, and Known for Ancestor of
your people live in the proximity of the Holy House in Mecca." Because of Muhammad, King
this, Qusai departed from Syria and returned to Mecca.[4] of Makkah

Life in Mecca
When Qusai came of age, Hulail ibn Hubshiyyah the chief of Banu Khuza'a tribe was the trustee and guardian of the
Ka'bah. Soon Qusai asked for and married Hulail's daughter Hubbah. When his father-in-law died after a battle which
ended in arbitration, he committed the keys of the Kaaba to Hubbah. Hulail preferred Qusai as his successor from his
own sons and according to Hulail's will, Qusai got the trusteeship of the Kaaba after him.

Qusai brought his nearest of kin of Quraysh, and settled them in the Meccan valley besides the Sanctuary – his brother
Zuhrah, his uncle Taym ibn Murrah, the son of another uncle Makhzum ibn Yaqaza, and his other cousins Jumah and
Sahm, who were less close.[5] These and their posterity were known as Quraysh al-Biṭāḥ ("Quraysh of the Hollow"),
whereas his more remote kinsmen settled in the ravines of the surrounding hills and in the countryside beyond and were
known as Quraysh aẓ-Ẓawāhir ("Quraysh of the Outskirts").[2]

Qusai ruled as a King. He reconstructed the Kaaba from a state of decay, and made the Arab people build their houses
around it. He is known to have built the first "town hall" in the Arabian Peninsula, a spacious dwelling which was
known as the House of Assembly. Leaders of different clans met in this hall to discuss their social, commercial, cultural
and political problems. Qusai created laws so that pilgrims who went to Mecca were supplied with food and water,
which was paid for by a tax that the people paid. He distributed the responsibilities of looking after the visitors during
pilgrimage, taking care of the Kaaba, warfare, and pacifying amongst myriad tribes living in Mecca.[2]

Sons
Qusai had many sons, some of them being Abd (matrilineal great-grandfather of Fatima bint Amr), Abd-al-Dar, Abd
Manaf and Abd-al-Uzza.[2] It was a marked characteristic of Qusai's line that in each generation there would be one
man who was altogether pre-eminent. Among his four sons, Abd Manaf was already honoured in his lifetime. However
Qusai preferred his first born, Abd-al-Dar, although he was the least capable of all so he singled out Abd Manaf his
second son for his honor and prestige. Shortly before Qusai's death he invested all his rights, powers, and transferred
the ownership of the House of Assembly to Abd Manaf.

Descendants
The following Royal and Imperial dynasties claim descent from Qusai:

Hashemites

Europe

Hummudid Dynasty (through Idris ibn Abdullah)

Arabia

Hashemite Dynasty (through Qatadah ibn Idris)[6]

Abbasid Dynasty of the Abbasid Empire (through Abbas ibn Muttalib)
Fatimid Dynasty of the Fatimid Dynasty including the later Agha Khans. (through Ismail ibn Jafar)[7]
Rassid Dynasty of Yemen (through Ibrahim al Jamr bin Hassan al Muthanna)[8]
Mutawakkilite Dynasty of Yemen (through Ibrahim al Jamr bin Hassan al Muthanna as cadets of the
Rassid Dynasty)[9]
Bani Shaiba historical and current key holders of the Holy Kaaba.

Africa

Aluoite Dynasty of Morocco (through Muhammad Nafs az zakiyah bin Abdullah al Kamal ) [10]
Idrisid Dynasty of West Africa (through Idris ibn Abdullah) [11]
Senussi Dynasty of Libya (through Idris ibn Abdullah as cadets of the Idrisid Dynasty
Ishaqids:

Tolje'lo Dynasty of the Isaaq Sultanate (through Sheikh Ishaaq bin Ahmed)[12]
Guled Dynasty of the Isaaq Sultanate (through Sheikh Ishaaq bin Ahmed)[12]
Ainanshe Dynasty of the Habr Yunis Sultanate (through Sheikh Ishaaq bin Ahmed)[12]

Indo-Persia:

Safavid Dynasty of Persia (through Abul Qasim Humza bin Musa al Kadhim)[13]
Alid of Tabaristan (through Zayd bin Hassan al Muthana)
Zaydi Dynasty of Tabarstan (through Zayd ibn Ali) [14]
 Barha Dynasty Including the later Nawabs of Samballhera (through Zayd ibn Ali)[15]
Rohilla Dynasty including the later Nawabs of Rampur (through Zayd ibn Ali as Cadets of the Barha
Dynasty)[16]
The Agha Khans (Through Ismail ibn Jafar as cadets of the Fatimid Dynasty)[17]
Daudpota Dynasty including the later Nawabs of Bhawalpur and Sindh (Kalhora) (through Abbas
ibn Muttalib)[18]
The Sultans of Mysore (through Qatadah ibn Idris as cadets of the Hashemite Dynasty)
Sabzwari Dynasty (through Ali al Reza)[19]
Najafi Dynasty of Bengal. Including the later Nawabs of Murshidabad and the Tabatabai family of
Iran (through Ibrahim Tabataba ibn Ismail al Dibaj)
Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari descendant of Qusai Bin Kilab through the 10 Shia imam Ali Al
Hadi.

East Asia

Sultans of Siak (through Ahmad al Muhajir as cadets of the Ba alawi)[20]

Bendahara Dynasty of Pahang and Terengannu (through Ahmad al Muhajir as cadets of the Ba
alawi)
Bolkiah Dynasty of Brunei (through Ahmad al Muhajir as cadets of the Ba alawi)
Jamal al layl dynasty of Perak and Perlis (through Ahmad al Muhajir as cadets of the Ba alawi)
Sultans of Pontianak (through Ahmad al Muhajir as cadets of the Ba alawi)[21]

Umayyads

Umayyad Caliphate (661–750) was the second of the three major Arab Caliphates established after the end of Rashidun
Caliphate (632–661)

Umayyad dynasty

Arabic Europe

Umayyad Dynasty of Cordoba

Family tree

Kilab ibn Fatimah bint

Murrah Sa'd

Zuhrah ibn
Kilab Qusai ibn Hubba bint
(progenitor Kilab Hulail
of Banu paternal paternal
Zuhrah) great-great- great-great-
maternal great- great-
great-great- grandfather grandmother
grandfather

`Abd Manaf `Abd Manaf Atikah bint

ibn Zuhrah ibn Qusai Murrah
maternal paternal paternal
 great- great-great- great-great-
grandfather grandfather grandmother

Hashim ibn
'Abd Manaf
Wahb ibn (progenitor of Salma bint
`Abd Manaf Banu `Amr
maternal Hashim) paternal great-
grandfather paternal grandmother
great-
grandfather

Fatimah bint `Abdul- Halah bint

`Amr Muttalib Wuhayb
paternal paternal paternal step-
grandmother grandfather grandmother

Aminah `Abdullah Az-Zubayr Harith Hamza

mother father paternal uncle paternal half- paternal
uncle half-uncle

Thuwaybah Halimah Abu Talib `Abbas Abu Lahab 6 other sons

first nurse second paternal uncle paternal half- paternal and 6
nurse uncle half-uncle daughters

`Abd Allah ibn

Muhammad Khadija `Abbas
first wife paternal
cousin

Ali
paternal
Fatimah cousin and Qasim `Abd-Allah
daughter son-in-law son son
family tree,
descendants

Uthman
Zainab Ruqayyah second Umm Zayd
daughter daughter cousin and Kulthum adopted
son-in-law daughter son
family tree

Ali ibn Umamah bint `Abd-Allah Rayhana bint Usama

ibn Zayd
Zainab Zainab ibn Uthman Zayd adoptive
grandson granddaughter grandson wife grandson

Husayn ibn Umm

Muhsin ibn Hasan ibn Ali Kulthum bint Zaynab bint Safiyya
Ali Ali grandson Ali Ali tenth wife
grandson grandson granddaughter
family tree granddaughter
 Abu Bakr Umar Maymuna
father-in-law Sawda father-in-law Umm Salama Juwayriya eleventh
family tree second wife family tree sixth wife eighth wife wife

Maria al-
Aisha Zaynab Hafsa Zaynab Umm Habiba Qibtiyya
third wife fifth wife fourth wife seventh wife ninth wife twelfth
Family tree
wife

Ibrahim
son

* indicates that the marriage order is disputed

Note that direct lineage is marked in bold.

See also
Family tree of Muhammad
List of notable Hijazis
Greater Syria

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External links
Banu Hashim — Before the Birth of Islam (http://al-islam.org/restatement/4.htm) — Restatement of
History of Islam and Muslims
Hajj (https://www.islamonline.net/English/hajj/2002/01/literature/article08.shtml)
B (http://al-islam.org/becons/3.htm)
Geo (https://web.archive.org/web/20071118200517/http://www.geocities.com/azadaarehusain/Alithemir
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