Umm Muhammad bint Salih أم محمد بنت صالح | |
Succession: | Consort of the Abbasid caliph |
Predecessor: | Azizah bint al-Ghitrif, Amat al-Aziz Ghadir |
Successor: | Abbasa bint Sulayman |
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Issue-Type: | Children |
Full Name: | Umm Muhammad bint Salih al-Miskin ibn Abdallah al-Mansur |
Birth Date: | c. 770s |
Birth Place: | Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate |
Death Date: | 810s |
Death Place: | Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate |
Dynasty: | Abbasid |
Father: | Salih al-Miskin ibn Abdallah al-Mansur |
Mother: | Umm Abdallah bint Isa ibn Ali |
Umm Muḥammad bint Ṣāliḥ (Arabic: أم محمد بنت صالح) was an Abbasid princess, niece of third Abbasid caliph al-Mahdi and wife of caliph Harun al-Rashid.
Her full name was Umm Muhammad bint Salih al-Miskin ibn Abdallah al-Mansur.
Her grandmother was the concubine Qali-al Farrashah.[1] She was a Greek, and was the mother of Al-Mansur's son Salih al-Miskin.[1] Her father, Salih al-Miskin, was one of the youngest sons of caliph Al-Mansur.
Umm Muhammad was the wife of the Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid. He was also her half-cousin.
Umm Muhammad was the daughter of Salih al-Miskin and Umm Abdullah, the daughter of Isa ibn Ali. They married in November-December 803 in Al-Raqqah. She had formerly been married to Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi, who had repudiated her.
Her first husband Ibrahim was the half-brother of Harun al-Rashid. She married him in the early 780s; however, just a few years later Ibrahim separated from her. After her formal divorce from her first husband, Caliph Harun al-Rashid married her.
Umm Muhammad became the second wife of Harun al-Rashid from the Abbasid house. His first wife Zubaidah bint Ja'far was also an Abbasid princess and granddaughter of al-Mansur.
She spent most her life after marriage with Al-Rashid at the Caliphal palace along with al-Rashid's other wives. She died in 810s.
Umm Muhammad was related to Abbasid house both paternally and maternally. She was contemporary and related to several Abbasid caliphs, prince and princesses.
No. | Abbasids | Relation |
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1 | Al-Mahdi | Uncle and Father-in-law |
2 | Musa al-Hadi | Cousins and Brother-in-law |
3 | Harun al-Rashid | Husband |
4 | Al-Amin | Step-son |
5 | Al-Ma'mun | Step-son |
6 | Al-Qasim ibn Harun al-Rashid | Step-son |
7 | Ali ibn Harun al-Rashid | Step-son |
8 | Sukaynah bint Harun al-Rashid | Step-daughter |
9 | Hamdunah bint Harun al-Rashid | Step-daughter |
10 | Fatimah bint Harun al-Rashid | Step-daughter |
11 | Isa ibn al-Mahdi | Cousin and Brother-in-law |