Hamzah ibn Wahas

Sharif Hamzah bin Wahas bin Abi Tayyib ruled Mecca from 451 AH until 454 AH during the Fatimid Caliphate. He was the grandson of Abu Tayeb Daoud bin Abdul Rahman. Hamzah ibn Wahas died in 486 AH in Al-Sulaimani's Mikhlaf.

Ancestry

In Arabic, the word "ibn" or "bin" is equivalent to "son of." This is occasionally to connect generations of ancestors. Hamzah ibn Wahas's entire name details his lineage to the rift between the Sunni and Shia groups.
His full name is Hamzah ibn Wahas bin Abu Tayeb Daoud bin Abdul Rahman bin Abi Al-Fatik Abdullah bin Dawood bin Suleiman bin Abdullah Al-Reza bin Musa bin Abdullah Al-Kamil bin Al-Hassan Muthanna bin Hassan Al-Sabt bin Ali ibn Abi Talib.

Reign

Sharif Hamzah ibn Wahas took command of Mecca in 451 AH. He was the last of the Sulaymanid's rule of Banu Hashim. He was overthrown in 454 AH by Ali bin Muhammad Al-Sulayhi, the sultan of the Sulayhid dynasty in Yemen.