Abu Sufyan ibn Harb
Quraysh tribal leader and merchant (c. 560 – 653)
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Pre-Islamic Meccan merchant who spent years opposing Muhammad before switching sides and becoming his father-in-law. Fathered Mu'awiya I, whose descendants ruled the early Islamic empire for two decades.
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Sakhr ibn Harb ibn Umayya, commonly known by his kunya Abu Sufyan, was a prominent opponent-turned companion and father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was the father of the first Umayyad caliph Mu'awiya I and namesake of the Sufyanid line of Umayyad caliphs which ruled from 661 to 684.
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