Umm Ishaq bint Talha ibn Ubayd Allah

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Umm Isḥaq bint Ṭalḥa ibn Ubayd Allāh (Arabic:أم إسحاق بنت طَلحَة بن عُبَيد الله) was one of the wives of Hasan ibn Ali. After his death, she married Hasan's brother, Husayn ibn Ali.

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Umm Ishaq was the daughter of Talha ibn Ubayd Allah. She was among the most beautiful women of the Quraysh, as well as among the most bad-tempered ones.^[1]

Umm Ishaq was one of the wives of Hasan ibn Ali. After Hasan was killed, she married Husayn ibn Ali.^[1] After Husayn was killed, she married Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr. It is said that before this marriage to Abd Allah, she had married Tamam ibn al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib.^[2]

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Children[]

Umm Ishaq had three children from Hasan ibn Ali: Husayn (who was known as al-Athram), Talha ibn Hasan, and Fatima bint Hasan.^[3]

She also had one daughter from Husayn: Fatima al-Kubra.^[4]

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