Claim: Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib was the leader of a clan with a unique maternal bloodline of Arabian ancestry.
Evidence: Abū Ṭālib ibn ` Abd al-Muṭṭalib , née ` Imran عِـمـران -RRB- or ` Abd Manaf , was the leader of Banu Hashim , a clan of the Qurayshi tribe of Mecca in the Hijaz , Arabian Peninsula.
The Quraysh were a tribe that historically inhabited and controlled Mecca and its Ka'aba.