Nisba Makhzumi Religion Paganism and Islam | Descended from Makhzum ibn Yaqazah | |
Location Mecca, Saudi Arabia
suburbs of Damascus, Syria | ||
Banū Makhzūm (Arabic: بنو مخزوم) was one of the wealthy clans of Quraysh, the Arab tribe of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. They are regarded as one of three most powerful and influential Tribes in Mecca before the advent of Islam, the other two being Banu Hashim and Banu Umayya Members of this clan still live in present-day Saudi Arabia and Syria.
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