Lubabah bint Ja'far explained

Lubabah bint Ja'far
لبابة بنت جعفر
Succession:Consort of the Abbasid caliph
Reign:785 – 786
Reign-Type:Tenure
Spouse:Musa al-Hadi
Issue-Type:Children
Full Name:Lubabah bint Ja'far ibn Abd Allah al-Mansur
Birth Date:s
Birth Place:Abbasid Caliphate
Death Place:Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
Dynasty:Abbasid
Father:Ja'far ibn Abd Allah al-Mansur
Religion:Islam

Lubābah bint Jaʿfar (Arabic: لبابة بنت جعفر) was an Abbasid princess, granddaughter of second Abbasid caliph al-Mansur, niece of third Abbasid caliph al-Mahdi and the principal wife of fourth Abbasid caliph al-Hadi.

Her full name was Lubabah bint Ja'far ibn Abd Allah al-Mansur. She was the daughter of prince Ja'far ibn Abd Allah also known as Jafar ibn al-Mansur. She was named Lubabah by her father and grandfather, the meaning of her name was innermost essence. She married al-Hadi, son of her uncle caliph al-Mahdi.

Al-Hadi had two wives. One was Lubabah bint Ja'far ibn al-Mansur. The second was Ubaydah, daughter of Ghitrif and, niece of al-Khayzuran. Her husband married her around 783 or 785. She was almost of same age as her husband. She became the influential wife of al-Hadi however, al-Hadi died after a short reign of fourteen months.

Lubabah had no children from her marriage. The children of her husband were Ja'far, Al-Abbas, Abd Allah, Ishaq, Isma'il, Sulayman and Musa. Of the two daughters, one was Umm Isa, who married al-Ma'mun, and the other was Umm al-Abbas, who was nicknamed Nunah.[1] All of them were born of concubines. Lubabah didn't have her own children possibly due to her husband's early death in 786 at the age of 22. Very little is known about her after she became a widow. It is not known whether she remarried or not after him.

Family

Lubabah was related to the Abbasid ruling House both paternally and at one point through marriage. She was contemporary to several Abbasid caliphs, Abbasid prince and Princesses. Lubabah had no children from her husband al-Hadi however, she had several step children.

No.AbbasidsRelation
1Al-MansurGrandfather
2Al-MahdiUncle and Father-in-law
3Musa al-HadiHusband
4Harun al-RashidCousin and Brother-in-law
5Ja'far ibn Abdallah al-MansurFather
6Ja'far ibn Musa al-HadiStep-son
7Al-Abbas ibn Musa al-HadiStep-son
8Abdallah ibn Musa al-HadiStep-son
9Ishaq ibn Musa al-HadiStep-son
10Isma'il ibn Musa al-HadiStep-son
11Sulayman ibn Musa al-HadiStep-son
12Musa ibn Musa al-HadiStep-son
13Umm Isa bint Musa al-HadiStep-daughter
14Umm al-Abbas bint Musa al-HadiStep-daughter
15Isa ibn Muhammad al-Mahdi Cousin and Brother-in-law
16Al-Khayzuran bint AttaPaternal aunt and mother-in-law

Sources

History of the Caliphs

Notes and References

  1. Book: al-Tabari . Muhammad Ibn Yarir . Bosworth . Clifford Edmund . The History of al-Tabari Vol. 30: The 'Abbasid Caliphate in Equilibrium: The Caliphates of Musa al-Hadi and Harun al-Rashid A.D. 785-809/A.H. 169-193 . State University of New York Press . Bibliotheca Persica . 1989 . 978-0-88706-564-4 . 58–59.