A member of a royal dynasty descended from Hashim, the great-grandfather of the Prophet Muhammad, especially the ruling families of Jordan and the Hejaz.
From Hashim, an ancestor of Muhammad in Arabic genealogy, plus the suffix '-ite' denoting membership or affiliation. The dynasty has ruled Arab territories since the early Islamic period.
The Hashimites are one of the oldest continuously ruling royal dynasties in human history, and their claim to legitimacy goes back nearly 1,400 years to a single ancestor—which is why genealogy has been so politically important in the Middle East.
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