ibn
AmericanEtymology
Origin of ibn
< Arabic: son (of ); cf. ben 4
Example Sentences
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On his desk there's a green-feathered helmet associated with the Shia warrior Husayn ibn Ali, who features in several of their videos.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
Another faction, which gradually evolved into the Shiites, favored Muhammad’s son-in-law and first cousin, Ali ibn Abi Talib.
From Salon • Jul. 14, 2024
The dead have been buried in the area since after the Arab army led by Amr ibn al-Aas brought Islam to Egypt in 640 A.D.,
From Reuters • Jun. 19, 2023
Sometime in the following decades, the synagogue was destroyed and the codex entrusted to Salama ibn Abi al-Fakhr until the synagogue was rebuilt.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2023
He said that he was bom in the Koreish tribe of Muhammad ibn Abdullah, the Arabian prophet Himself.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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