Who were the Quraysh?

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Quraysh was the tribe of Mecca and the custodians of the Kaaba. The Prophet and the four rightly guided caliphs came from it, as did most of the leading figures of Islam. Most jurists hold that the caliphs will come from it until the Day of Resurrection. ¹

Disputing the count of raids and sariyas

The maghazi arithmetic disputes: Ibn Ishaq's twenty-six raids versus the twenty-seven that split Wadi'l-Qura from Khaybar; nine pitched battles common to both lists with al-Waqidi adding Wadi'l-Qura and al-Ghaba for eleven; and the sariya counts ranging from thirty-five to al-Waqidi's forty-eight (in al-Tabari's chain) to sixty-six.

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Disputing the count of raids and sariyas