Ka'b (name)
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Ka'b is a male
Arabic given name
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People named Ka'b include:
People using it in their patronymic include:
Male
Male refers to the biological sex of an organism, or part of an organism, which produces small mobile gametes, called spermatozoa. Each spermatozoon can fuse with a larger female gamete or ovum, in the process of fertilization...
Arabic given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
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People named Ka'b include:
- Ka'b ibn AsadKa'b ibn AsadKaʿb ibn Asʿad was the leader of the Jewish tribe of the Banu Qurayza of Yathrib. After the Battle of the Trench, in which the Muslim forces were betrayed by the Banu Qurayza, the Muslim forces under Muhammad turned on the Banu Qurayza, besieged them in their citadel, and upon surrender executed...
- Ka'b ibn al-AshrafKa'b ibn al-AshrafKa'b ibn al-Ashraf was a chief of the Jewish tribe of Banu Nadir and a poet, who plotted with Quraysh and a group of Jews to fight against Muslims and assassinate the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was assassinated by Muslims on the order of Muhammad before he could carry out his plans...
People using it in their patronymic include:
- Ubay ibn Ka'b