Arabic & Persian

'Amr ibn al-Ahtam

7th century


'Amr ibn al-Ahtam was a near kinsman of Qais ibn 'Asim, chief of Sa'd, and, while still young, was one of the deputation of Tamim that went to the Prophet at Medina in A.H. 9 and accepted Islam.

Lyall says little is recorded of his later life beyond his fame for beauty; he shared in the tribe's apostasy after the Prophet's death and conformed again after the successes of Khalid ibn al-Walid.

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