Editing Quraysh (section)

==Name==
Sources differ as to the etymology of Quraysh, with one theory holding that it was the diminutive form of {{Transliteration|ar|qirsh}} (shark).{{Sfn|Watt|1986|p=435}} The Arab genealogist [[Hisham ibn al-Kalbi]] asserted that there was no eponymous founder of Quraysh;{{Sfn|Peters|1994|p=14}} rather, the name stemmed from {{Transliteration|ar|taqarrush}}, an [[Arabic]] word meaning "a coming together" or "association". The Quraysh gained their name when [[Qusayy ibn Kilab]], a sixth-generation descendant of Fihr ibn Malik, gathered together his kinsmen and took control of the [[Kaaba]]. Prior to this, Fihr's offspring lived in scattered, nomadic groups among their Kinana relatives.{{Sfn|Watt|1986|p=434}} The {{Transliteration|ar|[[Nisba (onomastics)|nisba]]}} or surname of the Quraysh is ''Qurashī'', though in the early centuries of the Islamic ''[[Ummah]]'', most Qurayshi tribesmen were denoted by their specific clan instead of the tribe. Later, particularly after the 13th century, claimants of [[Qurayshiya]] descent used the ''Qurashī'' surname.{{Sfn|Watt|1986|p=435}}