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[b]Leader Name[/b]: Abdullah ibn Abi Quhaafah 

[b]Faction Name[/b]: Quraysh

[b]Map Province[/b]: lolArabia

[b]History/Bio[/b]: The tribe of the Quraysh trace their ancestry to the time or Abraham, and even before. Claiming to be descendants of the first-man, Adam. As well as Abraham his self and his son Ishmael. For generations the tribe carried the Bedouin way of life among the deserts of Arabia, they and the tribes that made up their clan identity.

Their way of life would not change until the Roman year of 400 when Qusai ibn Kilab, through diplomacy and war, settled their clan at the rich city of Mecca and was pronounced the clan's first king. Although, the title would not transfer to an heir and after Qusai's death there would be no named King of the Quraysh, nor any central leading figure for several centuries after.

However, the tribe retained their position as the shiekhs of Mecca and the custodians of the pagan shrine of the Kabbah. They grew powerful and wealthy as merchants as they assumed and retained their bountiful position at the center of Arabic life. Unchallenged and unchanged for several centuries the Quraysh blossomed into a powerful merchant tribe. In a sense, nearly the defacto rulers of Arabia through their powerful influence through Mecca and the Kabbah at its heart.

The ripples that would change the course of the tribe hit the oasis waters of the Bedouin tribes in the Roman year of 570.

Born a fatherless orphan, Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib ibn Hāshim was the son of Abdullah, an aspiring merchant of the Banu Hashim. Abdullah – who had been called to Syria on a merchant voyage – however never lived long enough to see his son Mohammad born, as he fell ill and passed away, leaving his widow and unborn son his meager wealth as a caravan merchant.

When born, the young Mohammad was sent to live with nomadic Bedouins. However while living with his foster parents, his mother Amina passed away herself, officially orphaning him. His foster family took great care to see that he did not starve, but during his child-hood the tribe of the Banu Hashim had been in decline and there was difficulty among them to raise him as a successful child. As he grew into adult-hood he began to make caravan voyages with his uncle – Abu-Talib - to Syria, beginning a young career as a caravan merchant.

While in Syria with his uncle Mohammad met a Christian monk. In conversation, the monk is said to have sensed the importance of Mohammad as a voice of God.

As Mohammad came of age he struck out on his own as an independent merchant. Traveling the roads from the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean sea, acquiring a vast reputation as a truthful and honorable arbitrator and dealer. His reputation came to surpass him as he traveled, attracting an offer from the 40 year-old widow Khadijah whom he married. Khadijah would remain faithful to her husband, and became one of his most important financiers in his later adventures.

In his piety, Mohammad adopted the practice of praying alone in a cave on Mount Hira outside of Mecca. There it is said the first of many transformative moments happened to him. Coming down from the mountain at the age of 40 he claims to have been visited by the angel Gabriel who reveals to him the first of his many revelations from God, and the beginning of a turning point for not only himself and the Quryash: but for all the Arabs.

Over the next several years Mohammad gathers the first of his many future followers in secret, out of fear of retaliation by his own tribe and clan. Many of these early followers becoming his closest friends and loyal of companions. These companions – the Sahabah – included many prominent faces including that of Abu-Bakr, the father-in-law of Mohammad and first righteously guided Caliph.

These figures would follow Mohammad as he came into the public light as a prophet, he and their flight from Mecca to Medina as the elders of the clan sought his assassination, and the battles and return to Mecca. They received dutifully the words of the Quran and became the prophet's most trusted confidants.

With Muhhamad's death Abdullah ibn Abi Quhaafah – Abu-bakr – was elected among the early Muslim tribes as the first Caliph – successor – to the political institution created by Mohammad. With a hard hand, he enforced the solidarity of this new regime by wrangling the clans and tribes who claimed to have only signed an alliance with Mohammad himself and committed apostasy, solidifying himself and the Caliphate as the sole defender and lords of all the Bedouin Arabs. And in doing so united the clans and to turn them north to enforce their unity, and to carry the force and word of the Ummah.

Allahu ackbar.