Definitions for "Hashemite"
Keywords:  hashim, clan, quraysh, mushammad, hijaz
Of the clan of Hashim, the clan to which Mohammed's family belonged, part of the Quraysh tribe, rulers of Hijaz and Mecca until the 1920's
Pertaining to descent from Hashim or the Hashemite clan, which included Mushammad's family; commonly pertaining to the dynasty in Jordan and in Iraq before 958.