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  "ar": "شماس بن عثمان",
  "en": "Shams ibn Uthman",
  "ur": "شماس بن عثمان"
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  "ar": "شماس بن عثمان المخزومي، صحابي بدر وشهيد أحد، كان يذبّ عن النبي بسيفه؛ رثاه حسان؛ استشهد سنة 3هـ ⁦(625م)⁩.",
  "en": "Shamas ibn 'Uthman al-Makhzumi (593–625), Companion of Badr, killed shielding the Prophet at Uhud.",
  "ur": "شماس بن عثمان المخزومی، بدر کا صحابی، احد میں نبی کی ڈھال بنتے ہوئے مارا گیا۔"
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   "note": "Date-enrichment pass; source: Ibn Sa'd (Tabaqat)"
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   "edtf": "0625",
   "hijri": "0003",
   "calendar": "julian",
   "precision": "year",
   "status": "tradition",
   "derived": true,
   "note": "Killed at Uhud — carried to Medina alive a day and died at Umm Salama's, the only Uhud casualty buried at al-Baqi' (al-Waqidi, al-Isaba p. 670); CE year converted from the Hijri",
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   "edtf": "594~",
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   "hijri": "0003",
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   "note": "Killed at Uhud — carried to Medina alive a day and died at Umm Salama's, the only Uhud casualty buried at al-Baqi' (al-Waqidi, al-Isaba p. 670); CE year converted from the Hijri",
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  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "al-Zirikli, al-A'lam - entry read on the page in the OpenITI 2025.1.9 Shamela text (v.3 p.175)",
   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 Medium)",
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  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "شماس بن عثمان بن الشريد المخزومي: صحابي، من الأبطال، شهد بدراً، وقُتل يوم أحد سنة 3هـ ⁦(625م)⁩. {cite:al-aalam v.3 p.175}\n\nيذكر الزريقي أن النبي شبّهه بالترس، لأنه كان لا يرمي ببصره يميناً أو شمالاً إلا رأى شماساً أمامه يذبّ بسيفه عنه، فلما أُغشي عليه ترس بنفسه دونه حتى قُتل. ورثاه حسان. {cite:al-aalam v.3 p.175}"
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    "lang": "ar",
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   },
   "updated": "2026-11-06"
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "Shamas ibn 'Uthman ibn al-Sharid al-Makhzumi was a Companion and one of the heroes; he was present at Badr and was killed on the day of Uhud in 3 AH (625 CE). {cite:al-aalam v.3 p.175}\n\nAl-Zirikli records that the Prophet likened him to a shield: whenever he glanced right or left he saw Shamas before him warding off blows with his sword, and when he was overwhelmed he shielded him with his own body until he was killed. Hassan composed his elegy. {cite:al-aalam v.3 p.175}"
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    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
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   },
   "updated": "2026-11-03"
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "شماس بن عثمان بن شرید مخزومی: صحابی اور بہادروں میں سے، بدر میں شریک تھا اور سن 3ھ (625ء) کو اُحد کے دن شہید ہوا۔ {cite:al-aalam v.3 p.175}\n\nزرقلی کے بیان میں نبی نے اسے ڈھال سے تشبیہ دی، کیونکہ جب وہ دائیں بائیں نظر ڈالتا تو شماس کو اپنے سامنے تلوار سے دفاع کرتا پاتا، اور جب وہ گھير لیا گیا تو اس نے خود ڈھال بنا اور قتل ہوا۔ حسان نے اس کا مرثیہ کہا۔ {cite:al-aalam v.3 p.175}"
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   "note": "Wikidata P19 place of birth (Wikidata Q5806)"
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  "person/musab-ibn-umayr",
  "person/abu-salama",
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  "person/aisha",
  "person/al-harith-ibn-uqba",
  "person/amr-ibn-al-as",
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