Umm al-Hajjaj bint Muhammad

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.

Umm al-Hajjaj bint Muhammad
أم الحجاج بنت محمد
Consort of the Umayyad caliph
Tenure720 – 722/24
Born700s
Taif, Umayyad Caliphate
DiedDamascus, Umayyad Caliphate
SpouseYazid ibn Abd al-Malik
Children
Names
Umm al-Hajjaj bint Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Thaqafi
HouseBanu Thaqif (by birth)
Umayyad (by marriage)
FatherMuhammad ibn Yusuf al-Thaqafi
ReligionIslam

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.[1][2] 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.[1]

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[3] 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).[4] His son al-Walid or half-brother Hisham led his funeral prayers.[5] 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.[6]

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

References

  1. Wellhausen 1927, p. 312.
  2. Powers 1989, pp. 89–90.
  3. Pellat 1971, p. 2.
  4. Lammens & Blankinship 2002, p. 311.
  5. Powers 1989, p. 194.
  6. Blankinship 1989, p. 87, note 439.

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