Abu Quhafa

Uthman ibn Amir ibn Amr (Arabic: عُثْمَان ٱبْن عَامِر ٱبْن عَمْرِو, romanized: ʿUthmān ibn ʿĀmir ibn ʿAmr, 540635 CE),:87 commonly known by the kunya Abu Quhafa (Arabic: أَبُو قُحَافَة, romanized: Abū Quḥāfa), was the father of the first Rashidun caliph Abu Bakr (r.632–634). Abu Quhafa is not honored by Shia Muslims.

Abu Quhafah
Born
Uthman ibn Amir

(538-07-01)1 July 538
Mecca, Hejaz
Died1 March 635(635-03-01) (aged 96)
Spouses
  • Salma bint Sakhar
  • Hind bint Nuqayd
Children7, including Abu Bakr
Parent
  • Amir ibn Amr ibn Ka'b ibn Sa'd ibn Taym (father)
RelativesUbaydullah (cousin; father of Talhah ibn Ubaydullah ibn Uthman ibn Amr ibn Ka'b)
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