Hashemites

The Hashemites hail from Hashem, the grandfather of Prophet Mohammad, peace be upon him, from the tribe of Quraish in Mecca. The Hashemites are the grandchildren of Prophet Mohammad from his daughter Fatima and her husband Ali Bin Abi Taleb, the fourth of the Rightly Guided Caliphs. They continued to be among the leading lineages of Quraish and at the forefront of the community in Hijaz, out of their position as a moral elite and leaders in politics and economy.