Umm Hakim bint Yahya explained

Umm Hakim bint Yahya
أم حكيم بنت يحيى
Zawjat al-khalifa
Succession:Consort of the Umayyad caliph
Reign:724 – 742/43
Reign-Type:Tenure
Spouse:Hisham
Issue:
Issue-Type:Children
Full Name:Umm Hakim bint Yahya ibn al-Hakam
Birth Place:Syria/Hejaz, Umayyad Caliphate
Death Place:Damascus, Umayyad Caliphate
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.

Life

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, and Zaynab bint Abd al-Rahman, the granddaughter of the Syrian conquest commander al-Harith ibn Hisham of the Banu Makhzum. Umm Hakim, like her mother, was well known for her beauty and love for drink. She gave Hisham five sons, including Sulayman, Maslama, Yazid al-Afqam, and Mu'awiya.

Umm Hakim also lobbied for her son Maslama's succession. during her husband Hisham's reign.

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Robinson, p. 153.