Hisham ibn Amr al-Amiri

هشام بن عمرو العامري

Mecca

A prominent Qurayshi notable of Banu Amir ibn Lu'ayy who secretly supplied food to Banu Hashim during the boycott and initiated the effort of the five notables to tear up the unjust charter.

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Roles
Notable
Era
The Prophetic Era
Region
Arabia
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In space

Mecca

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Care for orphans, the poor, the sick and the traveller

Place in the story

  • ProtectortowardBanu Hashim · c. 616 CE – c. 619 CETradition
  • Interlocutor · c. 619 CETradition

Arabian polytheism (transmitted)

Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

On the annulment of the boycott document (al-Raheeq al-Makhtum p.110)

He used to take food secretly by night to the Banu Hashim in the Shi'b. He was the one who began the effort to annul the document, going first to Zuhayr ibn Abi Umayya (the annulment of the document) 1.

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Born in
Mecca
Member of
Quraysh
Participated in
The boycott of the Banu Hashim· Nullification of the boycott covenant and the exit from Shi'b Abi Talib

People and things also explored

Mut'im ibn Adi· Abu Jahl (Amr ibn Hisham)· Zuhayr ibn Abi Umayya· Mecca· Banu Hashim· abu-al-bakhtari-ibn-hisham· Abu Lahab· Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib

Sources

  1. al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.110
  • al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
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Mut'im ibn Adi

A chief of Banu Nawfal who never became a Muslim — yet tore up the boycott document against Banu Hashim and sheltered the Prophet under his protection when Mecca would not take him back from Ta'if.