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Banu Sahm

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Banu Sahm is a Quraysh clan descended from Sahm ibn Amr ibn Husays ibn Ka'b; among its Abyssinia emigrants was Abdullah ibn Hudhafa al-Sahmi (may God be pleased with him), the Prophet ﷺ's envoy to Khusraw.

Banu Sahm ibn Amr ibn Husays ibn Ka'b, a Quraysh clan Ibn Ishaq lists in the Abyssinia emigration rolls. Carried on the two ships: Mahmiyya ibn al-Jaz; and among the rest of the emigrants: Abdullah ibn al-Harith the poet, Qays ibn Hudhafa (may God be pleased with him), Abu Qays ibn al-Harith (may God be pleased with him), Abdullah ibn Hudhafa al-Sahmi (may God be pleased with him), al-Harith ibn al-Harith al-Sahmi and Ma'mar ibn al-Harith al-Sahmi — among them Abdullah ibn Hudhafa, whom the Prophet ﷺ sent with his letter to Khusraw of Persia.

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