Umayya ibn ʿAbd Shams ( ar, أمية بن عبد شمس) was the son of
Abd Shams and is said to be the progenitor of the line of the Umayyad Caliphs.
Ibn al-Kalbi says that his name is derived from , a diminutive of the word for slave-girl
and instead of being the legitimate son of Abd Shams, Ibn al-Kalbi claimed that he was adopted by him.
The clan of
Banu Umayya
Umayyad dynasty ( ar, بَنُو أُمَيَّةَ, Banū Umayya, Sons of Umayya) or Umayyads ( ar, الأمويون, al-Umawiyyūn) were the ruling family of the Caliphate between 661 and 750 and later of Al-Andalus between 756 and 1031. In the ...
as well as the dynasty that ruled the
Umayyad Caliphate
The Umayyad Caliphate (661–750 CE; , ; ar, ٱلْخِلَافَة ٱلْأُمَوِيَّة, al-Khilāfah al-ʾUmawīyah) was the second of the four major caliphates established after the death of Muhammad. The caliphate was ruled by th ...
and
Caliphate of Córdoba
The Caliphate of Córdoba ( ar, خلافة قرطبة; transliterated ''Khilāfat Qurṭuba''), also known as the Cordoban Caliphate was an Islamic state ruled by the Umayyad dynasty from 929 to 1031. Its territory comprised Iberia and part ...
are named after Umayya ibn Abd Shams.
Umayya succeeded
Abd Shams as the (wartime commander) of the Meccans. This position was likely an occasional political post whose holder oversaw the direction of Mecca's military affairs in times of war instead of an actual field command. This proved instructive as later Umayyads were known for possessing considerable political and military organizational skills.
His children were:
*
Abu al-'As
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Harb
* Al-'As
* Abu 'Amr
* Abu al-'Is
* Safiyya
His close relatives and descendants
References
*https://archive.org/details/nasqurPDF
6th-century Arabs
Family of Muhammad
People from Mecca
Tribes of Arabia
Banu Abd Shams
515 births
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