Hisham ibn Amr al-Amiri
هشام بن عمرو العامري
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.
Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Notable
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
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.
Connections
- Born in
- Mecca
- Member of
- Quraysh
- Participated in
- The boycott of the Banu Hashim
People and things also explored
Banu HashimMut'im ibn AdiAbu Jahl (Amr ibn Hisham)Abu Lahabal-Walid ibn al-MughiraKhadija bint KhuwaylidMut'im ibn AdiZuhayr ibn Abi Umayya
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Hisham ibn Amr al-Amiri”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/hisham-ibn-amr/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.