Part 1 · Page 218
The Lineage of Qaylah
English rendering of the source section
Local English translation from the genealogical note on printed p.218.
This local English rendering may condense the Arabic narration and editorial notes. It is not a complete published English edition. Consult the Arabic source for exact wording and context.
Read the corresponding Arabic sectionIbn Hisham said: Qaylah was the daughter of Kahil ibn ‘Udhrah ibn Sa‘d ibn Zayd ibn Layth ibn Sud ibn Aslam ibn al-Haf ibn Quda‘ah. She was the mother of the Aws and Khazraj.
[1] Harrah is land covered with black volcanic stones. [2] One recension reads “I recognized it”; another has a different form. [3] ‘Idhq, with a fathah, means a palm tree; with a kasrah it means a cluster of dates. [4] Quba was originally the name of a well, after which the village was named. It was the dwelling place of Banu ‘Amr ibn ‘Awf, about two miles from Medina on the road to Makkah. See Mu‘jam al-Buldan.