Abū Lahab

549–624

Uncle of the Islamic prophet Muḥammad (c.549-c.624)

politician · merchant · dissident

Born in Mecca

Contemporaries

People who walked the earth at the same time as Abū Lahab:

• Muhammad (571–632)
• Umar ibn Al-Khattāb (586–644)
• Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib (599–661)
• Abu Bakr (573–634)
• Brahmagupta (598–670)
• Justinian I (482–565)
• Gregory I (540–604)
• Uthman ibn Affan (574–656)

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