Umayya ibn Abd-Shams (Arabic: أمية بن عبد شمس) is the progenitor of the line of the Umayyad caliphs. Anti-Umayyad polemic says that his name is derived...

whom the Banu Hashim clan was named. The Banu Umayya clan was named after Umayya ibn Abd Shams, Abd Shams' biological son (more probable biological) or...

a prominent clan of the Meccan tribe of Quraysh, descended from Umayya ibn Abd Shams. Despite staunch opposition to the Islamic prophet Muhammad, the...

Sakhr ibn Harb ibn Umayya (Arabic: صَخْرِ ٱبْن حَرْب ٱبْن أُمَيَّةَ, romanized: Ṣakhr ibn Ḥarb ibn Umayya; c. 560—653), commonly known by his kunya Abu...

Ḥarb ibn Umayya ibn ʿAbd Shams (Arabic: حرب بن أمية بن عبد شمس) was the father of Abu Sufyan and Arwa and the son of Umayya ibn Abd Shams. Harb is credited...

Abū al-ʿĀṣ ibn Umayya (Arabic: أبو العاص بن أمية) was a son of the eponymous progenitor of the Umayyad clan, Umayya ibn Abd Shams. His sons were the following:...

Amr-al-Ula/Hashim ibn Abd Manaf, Founder/ancestor of Banu Hashim c. Abd Shams/Qays-al-Ula ibn Abd Manaf, Founder/ancestor of Banu Abd Shams d. Tumadir bint Abd Manaf...

Al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (c. 566–653 CE) was a paternal uncle and sahabi (companion) of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, just three years older than...

Shayba ibn Hāshim (Arabic: شَيْبة بْن هاشِم; c. 497–578), better known as ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib, (Arabic: عَبْد الْمُطَّلِب, lit. 'Servant of Muttalib') was...

Al-Zubayr ibn Abd al-Muttalib (Arabic: الزبير ابن عبد المطلب, romanized: al-Zubayr ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib), was the son of Abd al-Muttalib and Fatima bint...

ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbbās (Arabic: عَبْد ٱللَّٰه ٱبْن عَبَّاس; c. 619 – 687 CE), also known as Ibn ʿAbbās, was one of the cousins of the prophet Muhammad....

between Bani al'Abbas and Bani Ummaya ibn 'Abd Shams in the year 750 CE). The astrologers of Arabia predicted that Abd Manaf had committed a grave error when...

ISBN 978-0-8146-8363-7. Ibn Hisham, Rahmat-ul-lil'alameen, 2/14-17. Firestone et al., 2001, pp. 11–12. Hakim al-Nishaburi (ed.). Al-Mustadrak alaa al-Sahihain. 'Abd Allah...

Banu Abd-Shams tribe through Banu Umayya clan. Arwa bint Kurayz, mother of caliph Uthman, female Companion & first cousin of Muhammad. Utbah ibn Rabi'ah...

Al-Muttalib ibn Abd al-Manaf (Arabic: ٱلْـمُطَّلِب بْن عَبْد مَنَاف, al-Muṭṭalib ibn ʿAbd Manāf) was the grandfather of Ubaydah ibn al-Harith, a sahabi...

ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥanafiyya (Arabic: عبد الله بن محمد بن الحنفية) (died 98 AH; c. 716 CE), also known as Abū Hāshim was a member of the Banu...

father of Uthman ibn Affan, the third Rashidun caliph (r. 644–656). His father was Abu al-As ibn Umayya. His nephew was Marwan ibn al-Hakam. His sister...

Marwan ibn al-Hakam ibn Abi al-As ibn Umayya (Arabic: مروان بن الحكم بن أبي العاص بن أمية, romanized: Marwān ibn al-Ḥakam ibn Abī al-ʿĀṣ ibn Umayya; 623...

Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿal-ʿAbbās or Muḥammad al-Imām (679/80 - 743) was the father of the two first 'Abbâsid caliphs, Al-Saffah and Al-Mansur...

Banu Muttalib, which, like the Banu Umayya, were descendants of Abd Manaf, and the Taym, Asad, Zuhra and al-Harith ibn Fihr clans. The Banu Hashim held the...

Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan ibn Harb ibn Umayya (Arabic: يزيد بن أبي سفيان بن حرب بن أمية, romanized: Yazīd ibn Abī Sufyān ibn Ḥarb ibn Umayya; died 639) was...

'Abdu Shams clan of Quraish tribe.[citation needed] He was 'Uqba, son of Abi Mu'ayt, son of Abi 'Amru, son of Umayya ibn Abd Shams, son of Abd Shams, son...

later pardoned by Uthman. Al-Hakam was the son of Abu al-As ibn Umayya of the Banu Abd Shams and Ruqayya bint al-Harith of the Banu Makhzum, both parents'...

who included Muhammad's initial enemies, including, naturally, the Banu Umayya. Even during the time of Muhammad, there were signs of split among the companions...

ibn Uhayb ibn Abd Manaf ibn Zuhrah from the Banu Zuhrah clan of the Quraysh tribe. Sa'd's mother was Hamnah bint Sufyan ibn Umayya ibn Abd Shams ibn Abd...

Umayyah ibn Khalaf, opponent of the Islamic prophet Muhammad Umayya ibn Abd Shams, progenitor of the Banu Umayya Umayya ibn Abdallah ibn Khalid ibn Asid...

Nawfal ibn Abd al-Manaf (Arabic: نوفل بن عبدالمناف) was the son of Abd Manaf ibn Qusai, and the progenitor of the Banu Nawfal of the Quraysh, including...

Attāb ibn Asid (Arabic: عَتّاب إبن أَسِيد إبن أبي العيص إبن أمية إبن عبد شمس, romanized: ʿAttāb ibn Asīd ibn Abī al-ʿĪṣ ibn Umayya ibn ʿAbd Shams; c. 612–644...

أبو حذيفة بن عتبة; died 633), full name Qays ibn Utbah ibn Rabi'ah ibn Abd Shams ibn Abd Manaf ibn Qusay ibn Kilab al-Qurashī al-ʿAbshamī was from the early...

rebellion in 684. Mukhtar eventually seized control of Kufa in 686 from Abd Allah ibn Zubayr, who had established in 680 an alternative caliphate in Mecca...