The Population Size of Muḥammad’s Mecca and the Creation of the Quraysh

In this paper we will show how Qurashī patrilines and marriage records can be statistically analysed to generate an estimate of the tribe’s size at the time of Muḥammad. By extension this will also give us an estimate for the population size of Mecca. We will begin by using the marriage data preserv...

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Main Author: Robinson, Majied (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: De Gruyter 2022
In: Der Islam
Year: 2022, Volume: 99, Issue: 1, Pages: 10-37
Further subjects:B jāhiliyya
B Mecca
B Early Islam
B nasab
B Prosopography
B Quraysh
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