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Abu Sufyan ibn Harb, chief of Quraysh in Mecca, principal military opponent of the Prophet at Uhud, the Trench, etc. Converted on the eve of the conquest of Mecca in 630. Father of Mu'awiya, founder of the Umayyad dynasty.
Birthin 565 in Mecca
Deathin 652 in Medina