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Qusay

Ben Clapp

With the beginning of the history of Makkah Al-Mukarramah linked to the Prophet Ibrahim and his son Ismail, peace be upon them both, the Prophet Ibrahim left his son Ismail his mother in the Valley of Makkah, and they were later settled by the Jurhum tribe, and among the Jurhums Ismail grew up and his father used to visit him, and after he grew up he cooperated with his father in building - or rebuilding Building - the Kaaba, and the development of the history of Makkah was linked to the Kaaba, that its name is derived from a word that means a temple, and according to Arab narrations, the Jurham tribe continued to live in Makkah, preserving the religion of Abraham until the Khuza’a tribe expelled it from it, and that one of the Khuza’a leaders, whose name was Amr bin Luhi, was the first to replace In the religion of Abraham, idolatry was introduced and likely

The Kaaba was not the only factor that contributed to the development of the history of Mecca, as the trade factor was extremely important. After the sunset of Petra and then Palmyra, and as a result of the continuous conflicts between the Persian and Roman empires, and the often turbulent conditions of Egypt, merchants resorted to transporting goods The Far East and some African goods from the ports of Yemen to the ports of the Mediterranean Sea, and Mecca was the most important station on the caravan route inside the Arabian Peninsula.

The Meccans participated in the trade business by providing services to the caravans, and then by contributing
And after that, in the commercial work, Makkah controlled the global traffic trade with the consumption trade in the north of the peninsula, and for this reason several tribes wanted to seize it, and it seems that conflicts have arisen around it, as it is noted among the news that the Mudhariyah tribes were able to participate in the Khuza’a in

Some jobs and businesses in Makkah are religious and non-religious. It is known that the caravans that used to bring goods from the anchorages of Yemen were always traveling trading from one stage to another where the markets were held, and the merchant always carried two types of goods, a precious type of little weight and size that he wanted to sell in one of the countries of the Mediterranean, such as gold, jewelry and silk. Incense, fragrant woods and spices, and the second type is what is produced or consumed locally, such as foodstuffs, leather, drinks, textiles, weapons, etc. There is no doubt that the markets wanted people to visit Makkah, and they were seasons for buying and selling, preaching and propaganda, resolving disputes, establishing alliances, chanting, enjoying listening to slave girls and drinking wine. These markets enabled the masters of Makkah to gain economic control over the north of the peninsula. And it helped unify the northern Arabic dialect, which will be supported by the emergence of Islam and the revelation of the Qur’an in it. Which we use in writing today in the markets under the name of: poems, Nabataean and adopt them with
She succeeded, and with the increase in the wealth of Makkah, the greed for seizing its reins increased, and for this reason the pressure of the Mudar tribes on Khuza’a increased, and the Khuza’is gave up more jobs in Makkah to some of the Mudar tribes, but the Ka’bah remained in their hands until Qusay bin Kilab snatched it from them. This Qusay, whose father was one of the The leaders of the Kinan tribes, who used to live in Ahwaz Makkah, and the news speaks that Kulab’s marriage to Umm Qusay took place on the basis of a prophecy and a will from a soothsayer, and that Kulab’s wife bore him two sons, the first of whom was known as Zahra, and the second as Zaid, and after the birth of Zaid or Before that, Kilab died, and his widow, after that, married one of the chiefs of the Udhrah tribe, and when she went with her new husband to the homes of his people, Zahra was with her husband's family, and she carried her infant Zaid with her. ..? When Qusayy grew up and knew his lineage, he returned to his people, and was able to have a force from them around him that took over Mecca, and some sources suggest that the seizure came directly through war, and other sources mention more frequently that Qusayy entered Mecca and contacted Jalil ibn Habashiya al-Khuza’i, the custodian of the Kaaba And he even had his daughter married. The daughter of Halil gave birth to Qusay four sons: Abd al-Dar, Abd Manaf, Abd al-Uzzi, and Abd Qusay. His tribe, and asked for help from the sons of his excuse, so they came to him with their allies from Qada, so he fought the Khuza'a until he was able to expel them from Mecca