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Hashim

Hashim (died ca. 510) was the great-grandfather of Muhammad and head of the Banu Hashim clan of the Quraish tribe. He was a descendant of Ishmael and thus Abraham.

For further reading:

• Gerald de Gaury, Rulers of Mecca

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