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Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim (real name Shayba), grandfather of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. Respected chief of the Quraysh, he rediscovered the Zamzam well and faced the year Abraha sought to destroy the Kaaba. He raised Muhammad after his parents' deaths.
Birthin 497 in Medina
Deathin 578 in Mecca