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Koreish

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Koreish, a historical Arab people of the Nejd plateau, which has acquired immense celebrity from the fact that Mohammed was a member of this tribe. The Koreish dialect used by him for the Koran has become the classical language of Arabian literature, and the sacred language of Islam.

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