Hurra bint Badr
Hurra bint Badr (Arabic: حرة بنت بدر) was the principal wife of eighteenth Abbasid caliph al-Muqtadir until his death in 932.
| Hurra bint Badr حرة بنت بدر | |||||
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| Consort of the Abbasid caliph | |||||
| Tenure | 13 August 908 – 31 October 932 | ||||
| Born | 895/99 Baghdad | ||||
| Died | 940s Baghdad | ||||
| Spouse | al-Muqtadir (until his death 932) | ||||
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| Father | Abu'l-Najm Badr al-Mu'tadidi | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
Her name, hurra literally means free woman. She and her husband both were very young when there marriage was arranged. She married Jaʿfar (future Abbasid caliph al-Muqtadir) in 900s.
Her father was originally a military slave (ghulam or malwa) who served under the caliph al-Mu'tadid. His ability and loyalty led him to become the Caliph's commander-in-chief, exercising considerable influence in the governance of the state throughout Mu'tadid's reign. He was executed on 14 August 902 due to the machinations of the ambitious vizier, al-Qasim ibn Ubayd Allah.
Her husband, al-Muqtadir was the first underage Caliph in Muslim history.[1] He came to power in 908 after his brother's death. Hurra was al-Muqtadir's only wife. She was the daughter of Commander-in-Chief,[2][3] Badr al-Mu'tadidi.[4]
Al-Muqtadir was generous towards her. After his death, she remarried a man of lower status.[4]
References
- Osti 2013, p. 53.
- Massignon, L.; Mason, H. (1994). The Passion of Al-Hallaj: Mystic and Martyr of Islam. Bollingen Series. Princeton University Press. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-691-01919-2.
- Massignon, L.; Mason, H. (2019). The Passion of Al-Hallaj, Mystic and Martyr of Islam, Volume 1: The Life of Al-Hallaj. Online access with JISC subscription agreement: ACLS Humanities E-Books. Princeton University Press. p. 394.
- Brubaker & Tougher 2016, p. 331.
Sources
- Osti, Letizia (2013). "The Caliph". Crisis and Continuity at the Abbasid Court: Formal and Informal Politics in the Caliphate of al-Muqtadir (295–320/908–32). Leiden: Brill. pp. 49–61. ISBN 978-90-04-25271-4.
- Brubaker, L.; Tougher, S. (2016). Approaches to the Byzantine Family. Birmingham Byzantine and Ottoman Studies. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-317-18001-2.
- Massignon, Louis (1994). The Passion of Al-Hallaj: Mystic and Martyr of Islam. Translated by Herbert Mason. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691019192.