Hashemi
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Hashemi (Arabic: هاشمي) is a clan of the Meccan tribe , the Quraish (Arabic: قریش ) to which the Islamic prophet Muhammad belonged to, before he received the revelations of Islam. Abdullah II of Jordan, current king of the country is a Hashemi. It is where the Hashemite in "The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan" comes from.
Hashemi signifies Arab ancestry in Middle East and South Asia.