Amir al-Mu’minin (as) climbed the pulpit of Basra and said: O people! Tell me about my lineage, for whoever recognizes me should tell me about my lineage. If not, then I will speak about my own lineage. I am Zayd b. `Abd Manaf b. `Amer b. `Amr b. al-Mughira b. Zayd b. Kilab. So, Ibn al-Kawa’ stood and said to him: O you! We do not know of a lineage for you other than that you are `Ali b. Abi Talib b. `Abd al-Muttalib b. Hashim b. `Abd Manaf b. Qusay b. Kilab. So, he said to him: O Laka`! Surely, my father named me Zayd after his grandfather Qusay. The name of my father is `Abd Manaf, but the agnomen (kunya) overcame the name [in popularity]. The name of `Abd al-Muttalib is `Amer, but the agnomen overcame the name. The name of Hashim is `Amr, but the agnomen overcame the name. The name of `Abd Manaf is al-Mughira, but the agnomen overcame the name. The name of Qusay is Zayd, but the Arabs called him by a merged name because he gathered them from the furthest land (al-balad al-aqsa) to Mecca, so the agnomen overcame the name.