Abbasa bint Sulayman ( ar, العباسة بنت سليمان) was an

Abbasid The Abbasid Caliphate ( or ; ar, الْخِلَافَةُ الْعَبَّاسِيَّة, ') was the third caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It was founded by a dynasty descended from Muhammad's uncle, Abbas ibn Abdul-Muttalib ...

princess, daughter of Sulayman ibn Abi Ja'far, niece of Abbasid caliph

al-Mahdi Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Manṣūr ( ar, أبو عبد الله محمد بن عبد الله المنصور; 744 or 745 – 785), better known by his regnal name Al-Mahdī (, "He who is guided by God"), was the third Abb ...

and wife of caliph

Harun al-Rashid Abu Ja'far Harun ibn Muhammad al-Mahdi ( ar , أبو جعفر هارون ابن محمد المهدي) or Harun ibn al-Mahdi (; or 766 – 24 March 809), famously known as Harun al-Rashid ( ar, هَارُون الرَشِيد, translit=Hārūn ...

Biography

Abbasa was the daughter of Abbasid prince Sulayman and a wife of Caliph

() She marriage Harun al-Rashid around 803–804. Her father, Sulayman was a son of the Abbasid caliph

al-Mansur Abū Jaʿfar ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad al-Manṣūr (; ar, أبو جعفر عبد الله بن محمد المنصور‎; 95 AH – 158 AH/714 CE – 6 October 775 CE) usually known simply as by his laqab Al-Manṣūr (المنصور) w ...

() and one of his wives, Fatima bint Muhammad, granddaughter of

Isa ibn Talha al-Taymi ʿĪsā ibn Ṭalḥa al-Taymī () was a notable of the Quraysh in Medina and is cited as a transmitter of historical reports by early Islamic historians. Family, life and work Isa was a son of Talha ibn Ubaydallah, a prominent companion of Muha ...

, who was the son of a leading companion of the Islamic prophet

Muhammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the mo ...

, Talha ibn Ubaydallah. Abbasa was related to Abbasid house both by birth and marriage. She was the third and last Abbasid princess who married Harun al-Rashid. His first Abbasid wife was

Zubaidah bint Ja'far Zubaidah bint Ja`far ibn al-Mansur () (died 26 Jumada I 216 AH / 10 July 831 CE) was the best known of the Abbasid princesses, and the wife and double cousin of Harun al-Rashid. She is particularly remembered for the series of wells, reservoirs ...

and second was

Umm Muhammad bint Salih Umm Muḥammad bint Ṣāliḥ ( ar, أم محمد بنت صالح) was an Abbasid princess, niece of third Abbasid caliph al-Mahdi and wife of Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid. Ancestry Her full name was Umm Muhammad bint Salih al-Miskin ibn Abdal ...

. Her husband, Harun's another wife was Jurashiyyah al-Uthmanniyah. She was the daughter of Abdallah ibn Muhammad, and had descended from Uthman, the third Caliph of the Rashidun.

Family

Abbasa was contemporary and related to several Abbasid caliphs, prince and princesses. Her own children died at very young age, she kept good relations with her step-son children.

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