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Abu Sufyan ibn Harb
أبو سفيان بن حرب ar ابوسفیان پسر حرب fa
Quraysh tribal leader and merchant (c. 560 – 653)
- Child of Harb ibn Umayya
- Married to Hind bint Utbah, Zaynab bint Nawfal, Safiyyah bint Abi al-As
- Dated c. 570 CE – 640 CE
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Roles, not beliefs
Overview
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Life
Affiliation
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What this means
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Family
The family of Abu Sufyan ibn Harb
Parents, spouses and children as the records give them.
Documented family only. A teacher, a successor or a patron is never drawn in this tree.
The family as a list · 20
Family 20
What this means
A documented human family relationship. Not a succession mechanism, and not religious transmission.
Does not imply a right to an office · transmission of a teaching · a religious affiliation held by the whole house · continuous rule · a shared religious affiliation
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- child of (child) Harb ibn Umayya father of Abu Sufyan and Arwa
- of the house Umayyad dynasty Arab Hijaz dynasty
- parent of (child) Al-Fari'ah bint Abi Sufyan
- parent of (child) Amr ibn Abi Sufyan Brother of Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan
- parent of (child) Anbasa ibn Abi Sufyan
- parent of (child) Hanzala ibn Abi Sufyan brother of Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan
- parent of (child) Hind bint Abi Sufyan
- parent of (child) Izza bint Abi Sufyan
- parent of (child) Juwayriya bint Abi Sufyan
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parent of (father) Mu'awiya I founder and first caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate (r. 661–680) -
parent of (father) Ramla bint Abi Sufyan Muhammad's ninth wife (c. 589/594 – 664) - parent of (child) Umayma bint Abi Sufyan
- parent of (child) Utba ibn Abi Sufyan governor of Egypt (664–665)
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parent of (father) Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan 7th-century Arab military commander - parent of (child) Ziyad ibn Abihi arab Administrator, Governor and Statesman
- sibling of Al-Harith ibn Harb the son of the 7th century Arabian Meccan leader Harb ibn Umayya
- sibling of Umm Jamil wife of Abu Lahab
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married to Hind bint Utbah Wife of Abu Sufyan - married to Safiyyah bint Abi al-As Daughter of Quraysh chief, Wife of Abu Sufyan
- married to Zaynab bint Nawfal
Connections
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Affiliation 1
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