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, and leader of the Quraysh tribe. He is best known for being an ancestor of the Islamic prophet Muhammad as well as the third and the fourth Rashidun caliphs, Uthman and Ali, and the later Umayyad, Abbasid, and Fatimid caliphs along with several of the most prominent Hashemite dynasties in the orient.

Background His father was Kilab ibn Murrah who died when Qusai was an infant. According to Islamic tradition, he was a descendant of Ibrahim (Abraham) through his son Ismail (Ishmael). His elder brother Zuhrah ibn Kilab was the progenitor of the Banu Zuhrah clan. After his father's death his mother Fatimah bint Sa'd ibn Sayl married Rabi'ah ibn Haram from the Bani Azra tribe, who took her with him to Syria, where she gave birth to a son called Darraj. His uncle was Taym ibn Murrah, who was of the Quraysh al-Bitah (i.e. Qurayshis living near the Ka'bah in Mecca). These and their posterity were known as Quraysh al-Biṭāḥ ("Quraysh of the Hollow"), whereas his more remote kinsmen settled in the ravines of the surrounding hills and in the countryside beyond and were known as Quraysh aẓ-Ẓawāhir ("Quraysh of the Outskirts"). Abbasid dynasty of the Abbasid Empire (through Abbas ibn Muttalib) Fatimid dynasty of the Fatimid dynasty including the later Agha Khans. (through Ismail ibn Jafar) Rassid dynasty of Yemen (through Ibrahim al Jamr bin Hassan al Muthanna) Mutawakkilite dynasty of Yemen (through Ibrahim al Jamr bin Hassan al Muthanna as cadets of the Rassid dynasty) Senussi dynasty of Libya (through Idris ibn Abdullah as cadets of the Idrisid dynasty Ishaqids: Tolje'lo dynasty of the Isaaq Sultanate (through Sheikh Ishaaq bin Ahmed) Guled dynasty of the Isaaq Sultanate (through Sheikh Ishaaq bin Ahmed) Alid of Tabaristan (through Zayd bin Hassan al Muthana) Zaydi dynasty of Tabarstan (through Zayd ibn Ali) Rohilla dynasty including the later Nawabs of Rampur (through Zayd ibn Ali as cadets of the Barha dynasty) The Agha Khans (Through Ismail ibn Jafar as cadets of the Fatimid dynasty) Daudpota dynasty including the later Nawabs of Bhawalpur and Sindh (Kalhora) (through Abbas ibn Muttalib) The sultans of Mysore (through Qatadah ibn Idris as cadets of the Hashemite dynasty) Sabzwari dynasty (through Ali al Reza) Najafi dynasty of Bengal. Including the later Nawabs of Murshidabad and the Tabatabai family of Iran (through Ibrahim Tabataba ibn Ismail al Dibaj) Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari descendant of Qusai Bin Kilab through the 10 Shia imam Ali Al Hadi.

East Asia Sultans of Siak (through Ahmad al Muhajir as cadets of the Ba alawi) Bendahara dynasty of Pahang and Terengannu (through Ahmad al Muhajir as cadets of the Ba alawi) Bolkiah dynasty of Brunei (through Ahmad al Muhajir as cadets of the Ba alawi) Jamal al layl dynasty of Perak and Perlis (through Ahmad al Muhajir as cadets of the Ba alawi) Sultans of Pontianak (through Ahmad al Muhajir as cadets of the Ba alawi)

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