Umm Hakim bint Yahya أم حكيم بنت يحيى | |||||
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Zawjat al-khalifa | |||||
Consort of the Umayyad caliph | |||||
Tenure | 724 – 742/43 | ||||
Born | Syria/Hejaz, Umayyad Caliphate | ||||
Died | Damascus, Umayyad Caliphate | ||||
Spouse | Hisham | ||||
Children | |||||
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Dynasty | Umayyad | ||||
Father | Yahya ibn al-Hakam | ||||
Mother | Zaynab bint Abd al-Rahman | ||||
Religion | Islam |
Umm Hakim bint Yahya ( Arabic: أم حكيم بنت يحيى) was an 8th-century Umayyad noblewoman and famous principal wife of the tenth Umayyad caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik.
At first, One of Yahya's daughters, Amina, was wed to Abd al-Malik's son, Hisham. [1] however Amina died and Hisham married Yahya other daughter, Umm Hakim.
Umm Hakim was Hisham's favored wife, the daughter of Yahya ibn al-Hakam, brother of Hisham's grandfather caliph Marwan I ( r. 684–685), [2] and Zaynab bint Abd al-Rahman, the granddaughter of the Syrian conquest commander al-Harith ibn Hisham of the Banu Makhzum. [3] Umm Hakim, like her mother, was well known for her beauty and love for drink. [4] She gave Hisham five sons, [5] including Sulayman, [6] Maslama, [7] Yazid al-Afqam, [8] and Mu'awiya. [9]
Umm Hakim also lobbied for her son Maslama's succession. [10] during her husband Hisham's reign.
Umm Hakim bint Yahya أم حكيم بنت يحيى | |||||
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Zawjat al-khalifa | |||||
Consort of the Umayyad caliph | |||||
Tenure | 724 – 742/43 | ||||
Born | Syria/Hejaz, Umayyad Caliphate | ||||
Died | Damascus, Umayyad Caliphate | ||||
Spouse | Hisham | ||||
Children | |||||
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Dynasty | Umayyad | ||||
Father | Yahya ibn al-Hakam | ||||
Mother | Zaynab bint Abd al-Rahman | ||||
Religion | Islam |
Umm Hakim bint Yahya ( Arabic: أم حكيم بنت يحيى) was an 8th-century Umayyad noblewoman and famous principal wife of the tenth Umayyad caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik.
At first, One of Yahya's daughters, Amina, was wed to Abd al-Malik's son, Hisham. [1] however Amina died and Hisham married Yahya other daughter, Umm Hakim.
Umm Hakim was Hisham's favored wife, the daughter of Yahya ibn al-Hakam, brother of Hisham's grandfather caliph Marwan I ( r. 684–685), [2] and Zaynab bint Abd al-Rahman, the granddaughter of the Syrian conquest commander al-Harith ibn Hisham of the Banu Makhzum. [3] Umm Hakim, like her mother, was well known for her beauty and love for drink. [4] She gave Hisham five sons, [5] including Sulayman, [6] Maslama, [7] Yazid al-Afqam, [8] and Mu'awiya. [9]
Umm Hakim also lobbied for her son Maslama's succession. [10] during her husband Hisham's reign.