Muhammad himself was a member of the house of Hāshim (Hashem), a subdivision of the Quraysh tribe. The most revered line of Hashemites passed through Ḥasan, son of the Prophet’s daughter Fāṭimah and her husband, ʿAlī, the fourth caliph.

Who are the Hashemites of Mecca?

The most revered line of Hashemites passed through Ḥasan, son of the Prophet’s daughter Fāṭimah and her husband, ʿAlī, the fourth caliph. Ḥasan was the last of this line to hold disputed claim to the caliphate, but his progeny eventually established themselves as hereditary emirs of Mecca, the role continuing under Ottoman rule.

Is there a Hashemite family in Jordan?

Jordan portal. The Hashemites (Arabic: الهاشميون‎, Al-Hāshimīyūn; also House of Hashim) are the ruling royal family of Jordan. The House was also the royal family of Syria (1920), Hejaz (1916–1925) and Iraq (1921–1958).

What is the meaning of Hashemite?

Hāshimite. Hāshimite, also spelled Hashemite, any of the Arab descendants, either direct or collateral, of the prophet Muḥammad, from among whom came the family that created the 20th-century Hāshimite dynasty. Muḥammad himself was a member of the house of Hāshim (Hāshem), a subdivision of the Quraysh tribe.