Lineage of QurayshSīrah
Murra ibn Kaʿbمُرَّة
Also known as Murrah
About
Son of Kaʿb and father of Kilāb, in the Prophet's ﷺ line as the grandfather of Quṣayy. The genealogists make him the point where the Prophet's ﷺ ancestry and that of Abū Bakr part, Banū Taym descending from a son of Murra, while ʿUmar's clan, Banū ʿAdī, branches a generation higher at Kaʿb. Little else of his life is recorded beyond his place in the chain.
The name
Murra means 'bitter'; a common name among the pre-Islamic Arabs.
Source: Sīrah
Relationships
Of the same era · Lineage of Quraysh
al-Naḍr ibn KinānaالنَّضْرFihr ibn MālikفِهْرGhālib ibn FihrغَالِبHāshim ibn ʿAbd ManāfهَاشِمIlyās ibn MuḍarإِلْيَاسKhuzayma ibn MudrikaخُزَيْمَةKināna ibn KhuzaymaكِنَانَةLuʾayy ibn GhālibلُؤَيّMālik ibn al-NaḍrمَالِكMaʿadd ibn ʿAdnānمَعَدّMuḍar ibn NizārمُضَرMudrika ibn IlyāsمُدْرِكَةNizār ibn MaʿaddنِزَارQuṣayy ibn KilābقُصَيّʿAbd al-Muṭṭalibعَبْد المُطَّلِبʿAbd Manāf ibn Quṣayyعَبْد مَنَافʿAdnānعَدْنَان
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