Hisham ibn al-Mughira (died 598) was an Arab tribal leader from the Banu Makhzum clan of the Quraysh tribe. He was a person of high rank among the Quraysh and he was one of the commanders in the Sacrilegious War.[1]
He was the son of al-Mughira ibn Abd Allah, one of the leaders of the Quraysh. One of his daughters was Hantamah, who was the mother of Umar.[2] By his wife Asma bint Mukharraba, he was the father of Amr ibn Hisham the notorious opponent of Islamic prophet Muhammad.[3] His brother was Walid ibn al-Mughira, making him an uncle of the famous Muslim general Khalid ibn al-Walid. Hisham was a contemporary of Muhammad.
It is believed that he died in 598.[4]
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