Hashim ibn 'Abd Manaf (Arabic: هاشم بن عبد مناف; ca. 464 – 497) was the great-grandfather of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the progenitor of the Banu Hashim clan of the Quraish tribe in Mecca.His name was 'Amr al-ʻUlā (Arabic: عمرو العلا) but he was given the nickname Hashim which translates as pulverizer in Arabic - because he initiated the practice of providing crumbled bread in broth for the pilgrims to the Ka'aba in Mecca.
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