- Look up
Umayya in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Umayya may
refer to: Banu
Umayya (or
Umayyad dynasty),
prominent clan of the
Quraysh tribe and ruling...
- The
Umayyad dynasty (Arabic: بَنُو أُمَيَّةَ, romanized: Banū
Umayya, lit. 'Sons of
Umayya') or
Umayyads (Arabic: الأمويون, romanized: al-Umawiyyūn) were...
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Umayya ibn Abd-Shams (Arabic: أمية بن عبد شمس) is the
progenitor of the line of the
Umayyad caliphs. Anti-Umayyad
polemic says that his name is derived...
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According to tradition,
Umayya was born in Taif. His full name is
Umayya ibn Abi as-Salt al-Thaqafi, and his full
lineage is
Umayya ibn Abi as-Salt ibn Abdullah...
- Ṣafwān ibn
Umayya (Arabic: صفوان بن أمية; died 661) was a
sahabi (companion) of the
Islamic prophet Muhammad.: 81 He was from the Banu
Jumah clan of the...
- Hind bint Abi
Umayya (Arabic: هِنْد ابِنْت أَبِي أُمَيَّة, Hind ʾibnat ʾAbī
ʾUmayya, c. 580 or 596 – 680 or 683),
better known as Umm
Salamah (Arabic:...
- bint Asad ibn Abdal-Uzza, she bore four sons, Habib, Rabi'a, Abd Al-Uzza,
Umayya and one daughter, Ruqayyah. Banu Rabi'ah was a
branch that only had a few...
- Ḥarb ibn
Umayya ibn ʿAbd
Shams (Arabic: حرب بن أمية بن عبد شمس) was the
father of Abu
Sufyan and Arwa and the son of
Umayya ibn Abd Shams. Harb is credited...
- and Banu
Umayya, in particular,
acquired vast
wealth from
trade and held the most
influence among the
Quraysh in
Meccan politics. The Banu
Umayya and the...
- Abū
Umayya ibn Al-Mughīra (ابو ٱمية بن المغيرة),
whose original name was
Suhayl and
whose by-name was Zād ar-Rākib ("the Travellers' Provider"): 80 was...
