Banu Makhzum

Pre-Islamic era The Banu Makhzum were a major clan of the larger Quraysh tribal grouping which dominated Mecca. Though in Arab genealogical tradition, there are some twenty branches descended from the progenitor Umar ibn Makhzum, the line of al-Mughira ibn Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn Makhzum emerged as the principal family of the Banu Makhzum. Early Islamic era The Banu Makhzum were among the foremost opponents of the Islamic prophet Muhammad in Mecca in the early 7th century. One of their chieftains, Abu Jahl, led Meccan opposition to the Muslims and organized a boycott of Muhammad's clan, the Banu Hashim, in circa 616–618. ==Genealogical tree of key members==

• Fatimah bint Amr, paternal grandmother of Muhammad • Amr ibn Hishām, better known as "Abu Jahl" • Walid ibn al-Mughira • Umm Salama Hind bint Abi Umayya, a wife of Muhammad • Khalid ibn al-Walid, a companion of Muhammad • Mughira ibn Abd-Allah • Ibn Zaydún, Arab poet of Córdoba and Seville • Ikrimah ibn Abi Jahl • Al-Muhajir ibn Abi Umayya • Ibn al-Nafis, polymath, physician, and discoverer of the pulmonary circulation ==See also==