Pre-Islamic Quraish Alliances in the Book "Al-Munammaq fi Akbar Quraish" by Ibn Habeeb (d. 245 Hegira / 858 A.D.) – A Study in Economic Activity

Abstract

Alliances have gained a lot of interest from the scholars and researchers for a long time because they reflect the glory of Quraish, the bright history of this tribe, and the honourable position of the Arabs as a whole in Mecca and outside it. The book "Al-Munammaq fi Akbar Quraish" is one of the main sources that involved many narratives about alliances which reflect the economic purport that had a vital role in the policy of the tribes and the great nations to have a footstep on the way of the international trade