Banu Abd Shams refers to a clan within the Meccan

Mecca

Mecca is a city in the Hijaz and the capital of Makkah province in Saudi Arabia. The city is located inland from Jeddah in a narrow valley at a height of above sea level...

 tribe of Quraish. The clan names itself from Abd Shams ibn Abd Manaf

Abd Shams ibn Abd Manaf

Abd Shams ibn Abd Manaf was a prominent member of the Quraish tribe of Mecca in modern-day Saudi Arabia. The Banu Abd Shams sub-clan of the Quraish tribe and their descendants take its name from him.-Lineage:...

, the son of Abd Manaf ibn Qusai

Abd Manaf ibn Qusai

‘Abdu Manāf ibn Quṣayy was a Quraishi and great-great-grandfather of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and Ali. His father was Quṣayy ibn Kilāb.-Biography:...

 and brother of Hashim, the great-grandfather of the Islamic prophet Muhammad

Muhammad

Muhammad |ligature]] at U+FDF4 ;Arabic pronunciation varies regionally; the first vowel ranges from ~~; the second and the last vowel: ~~~. There are dialects which have no stress. In Egypt, it is pronounced not in religious contexts...

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Connection with the Umayyads

The clan acts as the parent clan to Banu Umayya sub-clan, the widely known Umayyad dynasty which ruled as the second Arab caliphate

Caliphate

The term caliphate, "dominion of a caliph " , refers to the first system of government established in Islam and represented the political unity of the Muslim Ummah...

 (661–750) established after Muhammad's death. In pre-Islamic times

Pre-Islamic Arabia

Pre-Islamic Arabia refers to the Arabic civilization which existed in the Arabian Plate before the rise of Islam in the 630s. The study of Pre-Islamic Arabia is important to Islamic studies as it provides the context for the development of Islam.-Studies:...

, the clan's chieftain Utba ibn Rabi'ah

Utba ibn Rabi'ah

Utbah ibn Rabi'ah was one of the prominent Leaders of Quraish during the era of Muhammad.-Family:Utba's father was Rabi'ah ibn Abd Shams. Utba's daughter, Hind bint Utbah, married Abu Sufyan ibn Harb, another of the Leaders of the Quraish and Muhammad's arch-enemy...

's daughter Hind

Hind

The word Hind may refer to:* A female red deer* al-Hind , also Hind - The people of India or Indian subcontinent...

 was married to Umayyad leader Abu Sufyan

Abu Sufyan ibn Harb

Sakhr ibn Harb , more commonly known as Abu Sufyan was a leading man of the Quraish of Mecca. He was a staunch opponent of the Islamic prophet Muhammad before accepting Islam later in his life.-Opposition to Islam:...

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Modern Day

The clan has its descendants living even today in few cities in Central and Western Arabia.

Members

• Utba ibn Rabi'ah
  Utba ibn Rabi'ah
  Utbah ibn Rabi'ah was one of the prominent Leaders of Quraish during the era of Muhammad.-Family:Utba's father was Rabi'ah ibn Abd Shams. Utba's daughter, Hind bint Utbah, married Abu Sufyan ibn Harb, another of the Leaders of the Quraish and Muhammad's arch-enemy...
  
  , chieftain
• Abu al-Aas ibn al-Rabee, companion of Muhammad
• Walid ibn Utba
  Walid ibn Utba
  Walid ibn Utbah was the son of Utba ibn Rabi'ah and brother of Hind bint Utbah of the Quraysh. He was a fierce Meccan warrior who was killed by Ali in the traditional 3 champions' combat duel on the day of the Battle of Badr before the full battle began...
  
  , son of Utba
• Hind bint Utbah
  Hind bint Utbah
  Hind bint ‘Utbah was an Arab woman who lived in the late 6th and early 7th centuries CE; she was the wife of Abu Sufyan ibn Harb, a powerful man of Mecca, in western Arabia. Both Abu Sufyan and Hind originally opposed the Islamic prophet Muhammad...
  
  , daughter of Utba
• Abu Hudhayfah ibn Utbah, son of Utba and companion of Muhammad
• Shaybah ibn Rabi'ah
  Shaybah ibn Rabi'ah
  Shaybah ibn Rabi'ah was the brother of Utbah ibn Rabi'ah belonging to the clan of Banu Abd Shams from the tribe of Quraysh of Mecca...
  
  , brother of Utba