Person
ʿAbd Shams ibn ʿAbd Manāf
عبد شمس بن عبد مناف
Lifespan unknown Banū ʿAbd Shams
Twin brother of Hāshim (great-grandfather of the Prophet ﷺ). Son of ʿAbd Manāf and ʿĀtika. Founder of Banū ʿAbd Shams. His son Umayya is the eponym of Banū Umayya (the Umayyad clan), making him an ancestor of all Umayyad caliphs as well as of ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān (the third Rashidun caliph) and of Abū Sufyān ibn Ḥarb.
Significance
Twin brother of Hāshim (great-grandfather of the Prophet ﷺ). Son of ʿAbd Manāf and ʿĀtika. Founder of Banū ʿAbd Shams. His son Umayya is the eponym of Banū Umayya (the Umayyad clan), making him an ancestor of all Umayyad caliphs as well as of ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān (the third Rashidun caliph) and of Abū Sufyān ibn Ḥarb.
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