Atikah bint Yazid
| Atikah bint Yazid عاتكة بنت يزيد | |||||||||
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| Umayyad Princess | |||||||||
 Tomb of Atika in Damascus, Syria. | |||||||||
| Consort of Umayyad caliph | |||||||||
| Tenure | 686–October 705 | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Wallāda bint al-ʿAbbās (Abd al-Maliki's first wife) | ||||||||
| Successor | (Consort of Al-Walid I) | ||||||||
| Born | Damascus, Umayyad Caliphate | ||||||||
| Died | Damascus, Umayyad Caliphate now Syria | ||||||||
| Burial | Damascus | ||||||||
| Spouse | Abd al-Malik | ||||||||
| Issue | Yazid II Marwan al-Asghar | ||||||||
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| Dynasty | Umayyad | ||||||||
| Father | Yazid I | ||||||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||||||
Atikah bint Yazid (Arabic: عاتكة بنت يزيد) was an Umayyad princess. She was the daughter of Yazid I, and wife of Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. Some called her the scholar cause she studied Muslim religion, especially Hadith. She was also called generous as she gave up all of her money for a poor member of Abu Sufyan's family.[1]
However, Atikah was known as she was a relative to twelve Umayyad caliphs out of fourteen[a]. This enabled her to take off her Hijab in front of them. No other known woman that had such number of mahrams between caliphs.[2]
She survived the death of her grandson Al Walid II.[3]
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The Caliphs who were related to her are:
| No. | Caliph | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Muawiya I | Grandfather |
| 2 | Yazid I | Father |
| 3 | Muawiya II | Brother |
| 4 | Marwan I | Father-in-law |
| 5 | Abd al-Malik | Husband |
| 6 | Al-Walid I | Step-sons |
| 7 | Sulayman | |
| 9 | Yazid II | Son |
| 10 | Hisham | Step-son |
| 11 | Al-Walid II | Grandson |
| 12 | Yazid III | Step-grandsons |
| 13 | Ibrahim ibn al-Walid |
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ The Ideal Muslimah. Islamic Books. Retrieved 2015-02-11.
- ^ "لحلقة (29) عاتكة بنت يزيد بن معاوية (العالمة السّخيّة (Atikah bint Yazid bin Muwaiyah, The Generous scholar (Arabic))". alssunnah.com. Archived from the original on 2013-06-28. Retrieved 2015-02-11.
- ^ "موسوعة شبكة المعرفة الريفية (Atikah bint Yazid bin Muwaiyah (Arabic))". encyc.reefnet.gov.sy. Archived from the original on 2015-02-11. Retrieved 2015-02-11.
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- 8th-century deaths
- Children of Umayyad caliphs
- 8th-century women writers
- Women of the Umayyad Caliphate
- Arab women
- Women scholars of medieval Islam
- Hadith scholars
- Arab princesses
- 8th-century Arabs