Zubaidah bint Ja`far

Deceased Person

– 0832

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Who was Zubaidah bint Ja`far?

Zubaidah bint Ja`far ibn Mansur was a granddaughter of the Abbasid caliph Al-Mansur, through his son Ja'far, and cousin of Harun al-Rashid, whom she later married.

The date of her birth is not known, except for the fact that she was at least a year or so younger than Harun. Her father - Ja'far was a half-brother of a caliph Al-Mahdi, while her mother - Salsal, was an elder sister of Al-Khayzuran, second and most powerful wife of al-Mahdi,mother of the future caliphs Musa al-Hadi and Harun al-Rashid.

Zubaidah - is the pet name, given to the girl by her grandfather, caliph Al-Mansur. This word has a meaning "a Little Butter Ball". The real name of the girl at birth is given as Sukhainah or Amat al-'Aziz". Later, Zubaidah got a kunya Umm Ja'far - Mother of Ja'far, which reflects her royal lineage as a granddaughter of caliph Abu Ja'far al-Mansur and a wife of caliph Abu Ja'far Harun al-Rashid.

Zubaidah became a mother of Muhammad al-Amin, the only Abbasid caliph, who had a double royal lineage. She also was a step mother of the elder son of Harun al-Rashid - 'Abdullah al-Ma'mun, who also became a caliph after the civil war with his half-brother Al-Amin.

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