Wikipedia's first sentence called it “islamic tribe that hold the keys to the kaaba”. Today it says “arab clan belonging to the banu abd al-dar sub-clan”.
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Bani Shaybah gatekeeper, c.1880 Ka'ba key at time of Sultan Barquq of Egypt The Bani Shaiba or the sons of Shaiba ( Arabic : Banī Shaybah بني شيبه ) are an Arab tribe that hold the keys to the Kaaba .1The members of the tribe greet visitors into the Kaaba during the cleaning ceremony and clean the interior together with the visitors. Sheikh Abdul-Aziz Al-Sheibi (sometimes spelled Al-Shaibi ), who died in November 2010, kept the key for eighteen years. His brother, Abdul Qader Al-Sheibi, became the new key-bearer. Saleh Bin Taha Al-Shaibi, the oldest member of Shaibi family, will be the new keeper of the keys to the Kaaba. Center for Islamic Pluralism . "Kaaba key keeper dies" . 24 October 2014.2
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The opening as it stood in 2010
The Bani Shaiba ( Arabic : Banī Shaybah بني شيبه ) are an Islamic tribe that hold the keys to the Kaaba . The members of the tribe greet visitors into the Kaaba during the cleaning ceremony.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
The Bani Shaiba or the sons of Shaiba ( Arabic : Banī Shaybah بني شيبه ) are an Arabic tribe that hold the keys to the Kaaba .The members of the tribe greet visitors into the Kaaba during the cleaning ceremony and clean the interior together with the visitors.Sheikh Abdul-Aziz Al-Sheibi (sometimes spelled Al-Shaibi ), who died in November 2010, kept the key for eighteen years.His brother, Abdul Qader Al-Sheibi, became the new key-bearer.Center for Islamic Pluralism .
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Arab tribe, holders of the keys to the Kaaba Bani Shaybah gatekeeper, c.1880 Ka'ba key at time of Sultan Barquq of Egypt The Bani Shaiba Quraysh ( , lit. ' the sons of Shaiba ' ) are an Arab tribe that hold the keys to the Kaaba .
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Arab tribe, holders of the keys to the Kaaba Bani Shaiba gatekeeper, c.1880 Key to the Ka'ba at the time of Sultan Barquq of Egypt The Bani Shaiba ( Arabic : بني شيبه , lit. ' the sons of Shaiba ' ) are an Arab clan belonging to the Banu Abd al-Dar sub-clan, that are part of the larger erstwhile Quraysh tribal confederation in the Hejaz region of modern Saudi Arabia .They comprise mainly of the descendants of Uthman ibn Talha , his father Talha ibn Abdullah and his grandfather Abd al-Dar ibn Qusai .They are known to have historically undertaken the role of the Custodian of the Kaaba and hence have held the keys to the Kaaba since the pre-Islamic period and subsequently in the aftermath of the Conquest of Mecca by the Islamic prophet Muhammad in 630 CE.
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islamic tribe that hold the keys to the kaaba
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arab clan belonging to the banu abd al-dar sub-clan
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