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Hisham ibn Urwah · Alexandria

Person · 680 CE – 763 CE

Hisham ibn Urwah

Also known as

Hisham ibn Urwa
Hishom ibn Urva
Hishâm Ibn 'Urwah
Hisyam bin Urwah
Hixam ibn Urwa
Hişam b. Urbe

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Connected to

citizen ofAbbasid Caliphate750 CE
died inBaghdad762 CE
religionIslam631 CE
born inMedina9th c. BCE
citizen ofUmayyad Caliphate661 CE
spouse · spouse of

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