Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib was the leader of a clan in the Middle East.
Abū Ṭālib ibn ` Abd al-Muṭṭalib , née ` Imran عِـمـران ) or ` Abd Manaf , was the leader of Banu Hashim , a clan of the Qurayshi tribe of Mecca in the Hijaz , Arabian Peninsula . The Arabian Peninsula , simplified Arabia ( الجزيرة العربية , `` Arabian island '' ) is a peninsula of Western Asia situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian plate .