Asad ibn Abd al-Uzza ( ar, أسد بن عبدالعزى, Asad ibn ʿAbd al-ʿUzzā) was a grandson of

Qusai ibn Kilab Qusai ibn Kilab ibn Murrah ( ar, قصي ٱبن كلاب ٱبن مرة, ''Qusayy ibn Kilāb ibn Murrah''; ca. 400–480), also spelled Qusayy, Kusayy, Kusai, or Cossai, born Zayd ( ar, زيد), was an Ishmaelite descendant of the Prophet Abraha ...

and the matrilineal great-great-grandfather of the prophet of Islam

Muhammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monot ...

. Note that Asad was of the Banu Quraish. His clan should not be confused with the large Asad tribe, who descended from Asad bin Khuzayma.

Biography

He was the son of Abd al-Uzza ibn Qusai and the father of Umm Habib bint Asad, who was the mother of

Barrah bint Abdul Uzza Barrah bint Abd al-Uzza ( ar, برة بنت عبد العزى) ibn Uthman ibn Abd-al-Dar ibn Qusai ibn Kilab (of the Banu Abd ad-Dar), was the maternal grandmother of Islamic prophet Muhammad. Family The mother of Barrah was Um Habib bint Asad ...

, who was the mother of

Aminah bint Wahb Aminah bint Wahb ( ar, آمِنَة ٱبْنَت وَهْب, ', ), was a woman of the clan of Banu Zuhrah in the tribe of Quraysh, and the mother of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Early life and marriage Aminah was born to Wahb ibn Abd Manaf a ...

, who was the mother of

Family

He was also the father of Khuwaylid ibn Asad, the father of Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, the first wife of

. Hence Muhammad and Khadija were, through their descent from Asad, first cousins twice removed. In that time there was a person who named ''nafiz''. * Muhammad son of Aminah bint Wahb daughter of Barrah bint Abdul Uzza daughter of Umm Habib bint Asad daughter of Asad ibn `Abd al-`Uzza * Khadijah bint Khuwaylid daughter of Khuwaylid ibn Asad son of Asad ibn `Abd al-`Uzza

Zubayrids

The Zubayrids branch which descended from

Zubayr ibn al-Awwam Az Zubayr ( ar, الزبير) is a city in and the capital of Al-Zubair District, part of the Basra Governorate of Iraq. The city is just south of Basra. The name can also refer to the old Emirate of Zubair. The name is also sometimes written ...

, an important member of Asadi clan, were an important faction during the

Second Fitna The Second Fitna was a period of general political and military disorder and civil war in the Islamic community during the early Umayyad Caliphate., meaning trial or temptation) occurs in the Qur'an in the sense of test of faith of the believe ...

, the second early Islamic civil war. After

Mu'awiya Mu'awiya I ( ar, معاوية بن أبي سفيان, Muʿāwiya ibn Abī Sufyān; –April 680) was the founder and first caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate, ruling from 661 until his death. He became caliph less than thirty years after the deat ...

declared his son Yazid to be his successor, Zubayr's son Abd Allah refused to acknowledge Yazid as the caliph in 676.Gibb 1960, p. 55. In 683, Abd Allah gained control of Mecca and established a polity. After Yazid's death, Abdullah declared himself the ''Amir al-Mu'minin'' (Commander of the Believers) and founded the ''Zubayrid Caliphate''. Soon after, Abd Allah gained control of half of Persia as well as half of Egypt. Both the Alids (family and descendants of

Ali ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam ...

, fourth Rashidun caliph) and the Zubayrids were two of the

Companions of the Prophet The Companions of the Prophet ( ar, اَلصَّحَابَةُ; ''aṣ-ṣaḥāba'' meaning "the companions", from the verb meaning "accompany", "keep company with", "associate with") were the disciples and followers of Muhammad who saw or ...

dynasties which held the most numerous lands and estates within caliphate realm. The Zubayrids regime were fond to appoint peoples with Yemeni

Azd The Azd ( ar, أَزْد), or ''Al-Azd'' ( ar, ٱلْأَزْد), are a tribe of Sabaean Arabs. In ancient times, the Sabaeans inhabited Ma'rib, capital city of the Kingdom of Saba' in modern-day Yemen. Their lands were irrigated by the Ma ...

background as governors in

al-Sham Syria (Hieroglyphic Luwian: 𔒂𔒠 ''Sura/i''; gr, Συρία) or Sham ( ar, ٱلشَّام, ash-Shām) is the name of a historical region located east of the Mediterranean Sea in Western Asia, broadly synonymous with the Levant. Other s ...

subunits. This included southern clans of

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and Kalb.

Lineage

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Notes

References

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