Hurra bint Badr explained

Hurra bint Badr
حرة بنت بدر
Succession:Consort of the Abbasid caliph
Reign:13 August 908 – 31 October 932
Reign-Type:Tenure
Spouse:al-Muqtadir
Issue-Type:Children
Full Name:Hurra bint Badr al-Mu'tadidi
Father:Abu'l-Najm Badr al-Mu'tadidi
Birth Date:895/99
Birth Place:Baghdad
Death Date:940s
Death Place:Baghdad
Religion:Sunni Islam

Hurra bint Badr (Arabic: حرة بنت بدر) was the principal wife of eighteenth Abbasid caliph al-Muqtadir until his death in 932.

Her name, hurra literally means free woman. She and her husband both were very young when there marriage was arranged. She married Jaʿfar (future Abbasid caliph al-Muqtadir) in 900s.

Her father was originally a military slave (ghulam or malwa) who served under the caliph al-Mu'tadid. His ability and loyalty led him to become the Caliph's commander-in-chief, exercising considerable influence in the governance of the state throughout Mu'tadid's reign. He was executed on 14 August 902 due to the machinations of the ambitious vizier, al-Qasim ibn Ubayd Allah.

Her husband, al-Muqtadir was the first underage Caliph in Muslim history. He came to power in 908 after his brother's death.Hurra was al-Muqtadir's only wife. She was the daughter of Commander-in-Chief,[1] [2] Badr al-Mu'tadidi.

Al-Muqtadir was generous towards her. After his death, she remarried a man of lower status.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Massignon . L. . Mason . H. . The Passion of Al-Hallaj: Mystic and Martyr of Islam . Princeton University Press . Bollingen Series . 1994 . 978-0-691-01919-2 . 182.
  2. Book: Massignon . L. . Mason . H. . The Passion of Al-Hallaj, Mystic and Martyr of Islam, Volume 1: The Life of Al-Hallaj . Princeton University Press . Online access with JISC subscription agreement: ACLS Humanities E-Books . 2019 . 394.