Abu Sufyan

Quraysh tribal leader and merchant (c. 560 – 653)

Abu Sufyan (Arabic: أبو سفيان), (born Ṣakhr ibn Ḥarb ibn Umayya; Arabic: صَخْرِ ٱبْن حَرْب ٱبْن أُمَيَّةَ); c. 560–653, 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 (r. 661–680) and namesake of the Sufyanid line of Umayyad caliphs which ruled from 661 to 684. Abu Sufyan was a leader and merchant from the Quraysh tribe of Mecca.

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