Abd Manaf ibn Qusai

ʿ Abd Manaf ibn Qusaiy (Arabic عبد مناف بن قصي, ʿ Abd Manaf ibn Quṣaiy DMG ) was an ancestor of the Prophet Muhammad, who held the leadership of the tribe of Quraysh at an unspecified time determinable. He was the son of Qusaiy ibn Kilab, who had established the supremacy of the Quraysh over Mecca.

ʿ Abd Manaf had four sons: al- Muttalib, Hashim, ʿ Abd Shams and Nawfal. They should have created the political conditions for the whole Arabian Peninsula spanning Meccan trade. ʿ Abd Shams is said to have ties with the Negus of Aksum relations, Hashim with Syria, al - Muttalib with Yemen and Naufal with Iraq.

Under the leadership of ʿ Abd Shams clan of ʿ Abd Manaf came into a rivalry relationship to ʿ Abd also quraischitischen family ad - Dār. The ʿ Abd Manaf were supported by the other Meccan clans Asad, Zuhra, Taim and al - Harith ibn Fihr, while ʿ Abd al- Dār received the help of the clans Machzūm, Sahm, Dschumah and ʿ Adi. The two camps were as Mutaiyabūn ( " Perfumed ") and the Ahlāf ( " Allied " ) known.

Through his sons Hashim and Abd Shams ʿ ʿ Abd Manaf was the progenitor of both the Hashemites and the Umayyads. The great importance which was the offspring of ʿ Abd Manāfs awarded within the tribe of Quraish is, in an Arabic poem, which cited the Andalusian historian ʿ Abd al -Malik ibn Habib (d. 853 ), illustrated by the following figure:

Kanat Quraišu baiḍatan fa - tafallaqat fa - l - muḥḥu ḫāliṣu -hu li - ʿ Abdi Manaf

Quraish was an egg that burst, of pure egg yolk ʿ Abd Manaf came to.

When, after the death of the Prophet Abu Bakr, who belonged to the clan Taim, was raised to the successor, protested the Umayyad and insisting on the political privileges of the descendants of ʿ Abd Manāfs. Abu Sufyan Abu Bakr's rule is said to have called into question with the words: " Your descendants of ʿ Abd Manaf, you can be satisfied that a man of the clan Taim takes over your affairs? "