The tribe of Quraysh
Quran stories for young children.The Quraysh was a powerful merchant tribe of the Arabian Peninsula in the seventh century.The Prophet Muhammad was born into the Banu Hashim clan of the Quraysh tribe.For the next 10 years following the Prophet Muhammad's expulsion, his men and the Quraysh fought three major battles—after which Prophet Muhammad seized control of the Kaaba from the Quraysh tribe.