Zuhrah ibn Kilab ibn Murrah () was the great-grandfather of Aminah bint Wahb, and was thus the great-great-grandfather of the

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. He was also the progenitor of the Banu Zuhrah clan of the

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tribe in

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Biography

According to traditional Islamic belief, Zuhrah's father was

Kilab ibn Murrah Kilab ibn Murrah () (born CE) was an ancestor of the Prophets of Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad. Specifically, he was his great-great-great-great-grandfather. Biography Kilab was the son of Murrah ibn Ka'b ibn Lu'ayy ibn Ghalib ibn Fihr ibn M ...

, a descendant of Ibrahim (

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) through his son Ismail (

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). His younger brother

Qusai ibn Kilab Qusai ibn Kilab ibn Murrah (, ''Qusayy ibn Kilāb ibn Murrah''; ca. 400–480), also spelled Qusayy, Kusayy, Kusai, or Cossai, born Zayd (), was an Ishmaelite descendant of Abraham. Orphaned early on, he would rise to become chief of Mecca, an ...

became the first Quraysh custodian of the

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. After his father's death his mother Fatimah bint Sa'd married Rabi'ah ibn Haram from the Bani Azra tribe. His younger brother,

, became the first

custodian of the

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and brought those of Quraysh who were his nearest of kin and settled them in the Meccan valley besides the Sanctuary. Which included him, his uncle Taym ibn Murrah, the son of another uncle Makhzum ibn Yaqazah, and his other cousins Jumah and Sahm who were less close. During the apparent quarrels of his nephews 'Abd Manaf and 'Abd ad-Dar, after Qusai had invested 'Abd ad-Dar with all his rights, powers, and transferred the ownership of the House of Assembly shortly before his death, Zuhrah supported 'Abd Manaf in contesting 'Abd ad-Dar's inheritance.

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* * indicates that the marriage order is disputed * Note that direct lineage is marked in bold.

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