Abu bin Ma'amar is a metalworker within the city of Shapeir. He lives in his house at Zrir Darb with his four sons, Kamar, Kareem, Abdul and Jabbar. According to Dinarzad, he possesses a tea service that belongs to her and directs the thief to rob his house.
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The patronymic "bin Ma'amar" (بِن معمر) suggests that Abu has or had a father named Ma'amar.
Abu (أَبُو) is not a standalone personal name in Arabic; it means "father of..." and is part of kunya patterns, followed by an epithet of a famous child. Therefore his full name would sound weird in Arabic, having the awkward meaning "Father of (abu) a son (bin) of Ma'amar".
To couple with the above, his children seem to use his own patronymic "bin Ma'amar" as if they were his brothers ("Kareem bin Ma'amar" etc). This seems to follow a western pattern of surnames, as if it was a family name. According to actual Arabic customs, their sons should have the patronymic "bin Abu" (should we accept Abu as an actual name).
The names of his sons are a pun on the basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.