The Banū Khuzāʿah (Arabic: بنو خزاعة, singular خزاعيّ Khuzāʿī) are an Azdite, Qahtanite tribe, one of the main ancestral tribes of Arabia. They ruled Mecca and were the Kings of Hejaz for 500 years, before the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and many members of the tribe now live in and around that city.
The Banū Khuzāʿah (Arabic: بنو خزاعة, singular خزاعيّ Khuzāʿī) are an Azdite, Qahtanite tribe, one of the main ancestral tribes of Arabia. They ruled Mecca and were the Kings of Hejaz for 500 years, before the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and many members of the tribe now live in and around that city.
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