Abd Manaf ibn Qusai

Abd Manaf al-Mughirah ibn Qusai
عبد مناف ٱلمغيرة بن قصي
2nd Chief of the Quraysh
Preceded byQusai ibn Kilab
Succeeded byHashim ibn Abd Manaf
Personal details
Bornc. 430
Makkah, Hijaz, Arabia
DiedMakkah, Hijaz
Resting placeJannatul Mualla
Spouses
Children
List
  • Nawfal (son)
  • Hashim (son)
  • Abd Shams (son)
  • Muttalib (son)
  • Abd Allah (son)
  • Abd-al-Amr (son)
  • Tumadir (daughter)
  • Qilabah (daughter)
  • Hayyah (daughter)
  • Rayta (daughter)
  • Khathma (daughter)
  • Sufyanah (daughter)
Parents
RelativesAbd-al-Dar ibn Qusai (brother)
Abd-al-Uzza ibn Qusai (brother)
Zuhrah ibn Kilab (uncle)
Known forAncestor of Muhammad
TribeQuraysh

Abd Manaf al-Mughirah ibn Qusai (Arabic: عبد مناف ٱلمغيرة بن قصي, ʿAbd Manāf al-Mughīrah ibn Quṣayy) was a Qurayshi and great-great-grandfather of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. His father was Quṣai ibn Kilāb.

Abd Manaf's name, meaning slave of Manaf, relates to the pre-Islamic deity Manaf.

Biography

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Abd Manaf was already honoured in his father's lifetime however Qusai preferred his first-born 'Abd ad-Dar and invested him with all his rights, powers, and transferred the ownership of the House of Assembly shortly before his death.[1]

Father's death

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After Quṣayy's death, Abd Manaf contested this inheritance. He was supported by their nephew Asad, their uncle Zuhrah ibn Kilab, their father's uncle Taym ibn Murrah (of Banu Taym), and al-Harith ibn Fihr, while 'Abd ad-Dar was supported by their cousins Makhzum, Sahm, Jumah, their uncle Adi and their families. The effects of this conflict continued among their descendants, especially under Abd Manaf's son Hashim and affected the internal history of Mecca right up to Muhammad's time.[2]

Family

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Abdu Manaf married several wives of influential tribes, including 'Ātikah bint Murrah ibn Hilāl ibn Fālij ibn Dhakwān ibn Hilal ibn Sa'sa'ah ibn Mu'awiyah ibn Bakr ibn Hawazin al-Hilaliyya of Bani Qays Aylan, Hilal of the Banu Bakr ibn Hawāzin, Raytah of Ta'if, and Waqida bint Amr.

Origin of tribes of Quraysh

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Abd Manaf had three wives:

1. Atikah bint Murrah al-Hulaliyya

2. Rayta bint Ku'ayb al-Thaqafiyya

  • a. Abd ibn Abd Manaf
  • b. Abd-al-Amr ibn Abd Manaf
Persian kings etc. 1. Yezdegerd. Name of 3 Sassanid kings. 2. Abd Manaf of Qurayshi tribe, Muhammad's great-grandfather. 3. Hormoz. Name of 5 Sassanid kings.

3. Waqidah bint Amr al-Qurayshiyya al-Amiriyya

Death and burial

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The grave of Abd Manaf can be found in Jannatul Mualla cemetery, in Mecca.[citation needed]

Notable descendants

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Quraysh tribe
Waqida bint AmrAbd Manaf ibn QusaiĀtikah bint Murrah
Nawfal ibn Abd Manaf‘Abd ShamsBarraHalaMuṭṭalib ibn Abd ManafHashimSalma bint Amr
Umayya ibn Abd ShamsʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib
HarbAbū al-ʿĀsʿĀminahʿAbdallāhHamzaAbī ṬālibAz-Zubayral-ʿAbbās Abū Lahab
ʾAbī Sufyān ibn Harbal-ḤakamʿUthmānʿAffānMUHAMMAD
(Family tree)
Khadija bint KhuwaylidʿAlī
(Family tree)
Khawlah bint Ja'farIbn Abbas
Muʿāwiyah IMarwān IʿUthmān ibn ʿAffānRuqayyaFatimahMuhammad ibn al-HanafiyyahʿAli ibn ʿAbdallāh
SufyanidsMarwanidsal-Ḥasanal-Ḥusayn
(Family tree)
Abu Hasim
(Imām of al-Mukhtār and Hashimiyya)
Muhammad
"al-Imām"

(Abbasids)
Ibrāhim "al-Imām"al-Saffāḥal-Mansur

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Lings, Martin (1983). Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources. George Allen & Unwin. pp. 6–7. ISBN 0946621330.
  2. ^ Armstrong, Karen (2001). Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet. Phoenix. p. 66. ISBN 0946621330.
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