peoplepill id: umm-al-hajjaj-bint-muhammad
UABM
4 views today
4 views this week
Umm al-Hajjaj bint Muhammad
Wife of Umayyad caliph Yazid II and al-Walid II's mother

Umm al-Hajjaj bint Muhammad

The basics

Quick Facts

Intro
Wife of Umayyad caliph Yazid II and al-Walid II's mother
Gender
Female
The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

Umm al-Hajjaj bint Muhammad (Arabic: أم الحجاج بنت محمد) was the famous principal wife of the ninth Umayyad caliph Yazid II and mother of eleventh Umayyad caliph Al-Walid II.

Biography

Her full name was Umm al-Hajjaj bint Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Thaqafi, she belonged to Thaqafi tribe.

Yazid established marital ties to the family of al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf (d. 714), the powerful viceroy of Iraq for his father, Caliph Abd al-Malik, and brother, al-Walid I (r. 705–715). He married al-Hajjaj's niece, Umm al-Hajjaj, the daughter of Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Thaqafi. During her uncle's lifetime, she gave birth to Yazid's sons: al-Hajjaj, who died young, and al-Walid II, who became caliph in 743.

Umm al-Hajjaj became very influential wife of Yazid II. Her second son al-Walid, who was born in 709, was considered a candidate to the Caliphate throne.

Her husband, Yazid II died of tuberculosis in Irbid, a town in the Balqa subdistrict of Jund Dimashq (the military division of Damascus corresponding to Transjordan) on 24 Sha'ban 105 AH (26 January 724). His son al-Walid or half-brother Hisham led his funeral prayers. Yazid had intended to appoint al-Walid as his immediate successor but was persuaded by Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik to appoint Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik, followed by al-Walid.

Umm al-Hajjaj died during her husband reign or during her reign of brother-in law Hisham.

Source

The contents of this page are sourced from Wikipedia article. The contents are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
Lists
Umm al-Hajjaj bint Muhammad is in following lists
comments so far.
Comments
From our partners
Sponsored
Credits
References and sources
Umm al-Hajjaj bint Muhammad
arrow-left arrow-right instagram whatsapp myspace quora soundcloud spotify tumblr vk website youtube pandora tunein iheart itunes