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Khayrat-é Hésan
''Khayrat-é Hésan'' (Persian language, Persian: خیرات حسان; lit. Fairest Women) is a comprehensive biographical encyclopedia of prominent women in the Islamic world, written in Persian and compiled in three volumes by Mohammad Hasan Khan E'temad os-Saltaneh, Mohammad Hasan Khan Maraghe’i, known as E'temad os-Saltaneh (died 1895).''Biographies of the Men of Iran in the 12th, 13th, and 14th Centuries AH'', Mehdi Bamdad, 1999, Zavar Publishing, . A notable writer and politician of the Qajar Iran, Qajar era, E'temad os-Saltaneh organised this work alphabetically and documented the lives of distinguished women from the early Islamic period to his own time. Due to its writing style, use of varied sources, and comprehensiveness, this work is considered one of the most significant historical records of its kind.Saeed Nafisi, ''History of Poetry and Prose in Iran and the Persian Language until the End of the 10th Century AH'', Tehran, 1965. The book Sources and motivation f ...
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Harem
A harem is a domestic space that is reserved for the women of the house in a Muslim family. A harem may house a man's wife or wives, their pre-pubescent male children, unmarried daughters, female domestic Domestic worker, servants, and other unmarried female relatives. In the past, during the history of slavery in the Muslim world, era of slavery in the Muslim world, harems also housed enslaved Concubinage in Islam, concubines. In former times, some harems were guarded by eunuchs who were allowed inside. The structure of the harem and the extent of monogamy or polygyny have varied depending on the family's personalities, socio-economic status, and local customs. Similar institutions have been common in other Mediterranean Basin, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern civilizations, especially among royal and upper-class families, and the term is sometimes used in other contexts. In traditional Persian residential architecture, the women's quarters were known as (), and in the Indian s ...
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Sakina Bint Husayn
Sakīna bint al-Ḥusayn () (between 667 and 671 Common Era, CE – 8 April 671), also known as Āmina (), was a descendant of the Prophets and messengers in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad. She was the daughter of Husayn ibn Ali, the third Imamate in Shia doctrine, Shia Imam, and Rubab bint Imra al-Qais. Sakina was a young child in 680 at Karbala, where she witnessed the Battle of Karbala, massacre of her father and his supporters by the forces of the Umayyad Caliphate, Umayyad caliph Yazid I, Yazid (). The women and children, among them Sakina, were marched to the capital Damascus, where they were paraded in the streets and then imprisoned. Birth Sakina or Sukayna () was the epithet given to her by her mother, while her name is variously given in the sources as Āmina () or Amīna () or Umayma (). The last one is less likely, however. Her father was Husayn ibn Ali (), the third Imamate in Shia doctrine, Shia Imam and the grandson of the Prophets and messengers in Islam, Islam ...
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Abol-Qasem Qa'em-Maqam
Mirza Abol-Qasem Qa'em-Maqam Farahani (also spelled Qa'im Maqam; ; 1779 – 1835), also known as Qa'em-Maqam II, was an Iranian official and prose writer, who played a central role in Iranian politics in the first half of the 19th century, as well as in Persian literature. Belonging to a family of bureaucrats from Farahan, Abol-Qasem was the son of Mirza Bozorg Qa'em-Maqam (died 1821), a leading statesmen under the Qajars, who served as the minister of the crown prince Abbas Mirza. After the death of his father, Abol-Qasem inherited his titles and offices. He accompanied Abbas Mirza in his wars and was the architect behind his attempted reforms. Abol-Qasem also engaged in the diplomatic affairs of Iran, being part of the negotiations that led to the Treaty of Erzurum with the Ottomans, and the Treaty of Turkmenchay with the Russians. He served as the grand vizier of the Qajar king (shah) Mohammad Shah Qajar () from 1834 to 1835. Background Abol-Qasem was born in 1779 in th ...
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Husayn Ibn Ali
Husayn ibn Ali (; 11 January 626 – 10 October 680 Common Era, CE) was a social, political and religious leader in early medieval Arabia. The grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and an Alids, Alid (the son of Ali ibn Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib, Abi Talib and Muhammad's daughter Fatima), as well as a younger brother of Hasan ibn Ali, Husayn is regarded as the third Imam in Shia Islam after his brother, Hasan, and before his son, Ali al-Sajjad. Husayn is a prominent member of the Ahl al-Bayt and is also considered to be a member of the Ahl al-Kisa and a participant in the event of the mubahala, event of the ''mubahala''. Muhammad described him and his brother, Hasan, as the leaders of the youth of Paradise in Islam, paradise. During the caliphate of Ali, Husayn accompanied him in wars. After the assassination of Ali, he obeyed his brother in recognizing the Hasan–Muawiya treaty, Hasan–Mu'awiya I treaty, despite it being suggested to do otherwise. In the nine-year pe ...
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Rayta Bint Abi Talib
Rayṭa bint Abī Ṭālib (), was a companion and first cousin of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Translated by A. Guillaume Translated by Haq, S. M.; Parts I & II Translated by Bewley, A. Family She was the youngest daughter of Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib and Fatimah bint Asad. She was also known as "Asmā’", and she was probably the same daughter known as "Umm Ṭālib" (), indicating that she had a son named Talib. History In 628 CE, Muhammad assigned Umm Talib an income of 40 ' from Khaybar KhaybarOther Arabic transliteration, standardized Arabic transliterations: / . Anglicized pronunciation: , . (, ) is an oasis in Medina Province (Saudi Arabia), Medina Province, Saudi Arabia, situated some north of the city of Medina. Prior to .... References Women companions of the Prophet {{Islam-bio-stub ...
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Amina Bint Wahb
Amina bint Wahb ibn Abd Manaf al-Zuhriyya (, ) was the mother of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. She belonged to the Banu Zuhra tribe. Early life and marriage Aminah was born to Wahb ibn Abd Manaf and Barrah bint 'Abd al-'Uzzā ibn 'Uthmān ibn 'Abd al-Dār in Mecca. Her tribe, Quraysh, were said to be descendants of Ibrahim (Abraham) through his son Isma'il (Ishmael). Her ancestor Zuhrah was the elder brother of Qusayy ibn Kilab, an ancestor of Abdullah ibn Abdul-Muttalib, and the first Qurayshi custodian of the Kaaba. Abd al-Muttalib proposed the marriage of Abdullah, his youngest son, to Aminah. Some sources state that Aminah's father accepted the match; others say that it was Aminah's uncle, Wuhaib, who was serving as her guardian. The two were married soon after. Abdullah spent much of Aminah's pregnancy away from home as part of a merchant caravan and died of disease before the birth of his son in Medina. Birth of Muhammad and later years Three months after Abdullah ...
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Safiye Sultan (mother Of Mehmed III)
Safiye Sultan (; 1550 – ''post'' 1619) was the Haseki Sultan of the Ottoman Sultan Murad III and Valide Sultan as the mother of Mehmed III. Safiye was one of the eminent figures during the era known as the Sultanate of Women. She lived in the Ottoman Empire as a courtier during the reigns of at least seven sultans: Suleiman the Magnificent, Selim II, Murad III, Mehmed III, Ahmed I, Mustafa I and Osman II. After the death of Selim II in 1574, Murad took the throne as the new sultan in Constantinople. Safiye was by his side and moved with him to Topkapi Palace; less than a year into his reign she received the title of Haseki Sultan and was given a higher rank than the sultan's own sisters, Şah Sultan, Gevherhan Sultan, Ismihan Sultan and Fatma Sultan. Nurbanu Sultan, Murad's mother, was upset with Safiye's influence on Murad, and wanted to replace her with another concubines of the harem. She even led a faction in the court from 1577 to 1580 in opposition to her mother- ...
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Fatima
Fatima bint Muhammad (; 605/15–632 CE), commonly known as Fatima al-Zahra' (), was the daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his wife Khadija. Fatima's husband was Ali, the fourth of the Rashidun caliphs and the first Shia imam. Fatima's sons were Hasan and Husayn, the second and third Shia imams, respectively. Fatima has been compared to Mary, mother of Jesus, especially in Shia Islam. Muhammad is said to have regarded her as the best of women and the dearest person to him. She is often viewed as an ultimate archetype for Muslim women and an example of compassion, generosity, and enduring suffering. It is through Fatima that Muhammad's family line has survived to this date. Her name and her epithets remain popular choices for Muslim girls. When Muhammad died in 632, Fatima and her husband Ali refused to acknowledge the authority of the first caliph, Abu Bakr. The couple and their supporters held that Ali was the rightful successor of Muhammad, possibly referri ...
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Ethiopians
Ethiopians are the native inhabitants of Ethiopia, as well as the global Ethiopian diaspora, diaspora of Ethiopia. Ethiopians constitute #Ethnicity, several component ethnic groups, many of which are closely related to ethnic groups in neighboring Eritrea and other parts of the Horn of Africa. The first documented use of the name "Ethiopia" from Greek name , was in the 4th century during the reign of Kingdom of Aksum, Aksumite king Ezana of Axum, Ezana. There were three ethnolinguistic groups in the Kingdom of Aksum; Semitic languages, Semitic, Cushitic languages, Cushitic, and Nilo-Saharan languages, Nilo-Saharan (ancestors of the modern-day Kunama people, Kunama and Nara people, Nara). The Kingdom of Aksum remained a geopolitically influential entity until the Kingdom of Aksum#Decline, decline of its capital — also named Axum — beginning in the 7th century. Nevertheless, the core Aksumite civilization was preserved and continued into the successive Zagwe dynasty. By this ...
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India
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since 2023; and, since its independence in 1947, the world's most populous democracy. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is near Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations averag ...
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