__NOTOC__ Asma ( ar, أسماء, ʾAsmāʾ) is a feminine given name in the Arab world and Muslim-majority countries. Notable people with the given name include:

Historical

* Asmā' bint Abu Bakr (c.595 – 692 CE), companion of the Islamic prophet Mohammed and elder sister of his wife Aisha * ''Asma bint Atta'', was the wife 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 ...

( r. 775–785) until her divorce after a few months. * Asma bint Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Harith, was the prominent member clan of

Banu Makhzum The Banu Makhzum () was one of the wealthy clans of the Quraysh. They are regarded as being among the three most powerful and influential clans in Mecca before the advent of Islam, the other two being the Banu Hashim (the tribe of the Islamic proph ...

and mother-in-law of Umayyad prince Abd al-Aziz. * ''Asma bint Khumarawayh'', better known as

Qatr al-Nada Asma bint Khumarawayh ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun ( ar, أسماء بنت خمارويه بن أحمد بن طولون), known as Qatr al-Nada ( ar, قطر الندى, Qaṭr al-Nadā, Dew Drop), was a Tulunid princess and the principal wife of the s ...

was the wife of Abbasid caliph

al-Mu'tadid Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Ṭalḥa al-Muwaffaq ( ar, أبو العباس أحمد بن طلحة الموفق), 853/4 or 860/1 – 5 April 902, better known by his regnal name al-Muʿtaḍid bi-llāh ( ar, المعتضد بالله, link=no, ...

(r. 892–902). * Asma bint Marwan, 7th century Arabian Jewish female poet *

Asma bint Shihab Asma Bint Shihab al-Sulayhiyya () (died 1087) was the queen and co-ruler of Yemen in co-regency with her cousin and spouse, Ali al-Sulayhi, and later her son Ahmad al-Mukkaram, and daughter-in-law, Arwa al-Sulayhi, from 1047 until 1087. Her full ...

(d. 1087), Yemeni Queen

20th–21st century

* Asma Afsaruddin, American academic * Asma Ben Ahmed, Tunisian singer * Asma al-Assad, First Lady of Syria *

Asma Barlas Asma Barlas (born 1950) is a Pakistani-American writer and academic. Her specialties include comparative and international politics, Islam and Qur'anic hermeneutics, and women's studies. Early life and education Barlas was born in Pakistan i ...

, (b.1950) American academic * Asma Gull Hasan, Pakistani-American award-winning writer *

Asma Jahangir Asma Jilani Jahangir ( ur, , ''ʿĀṣimah Jahāṉgīr''; 27 January 1952 – 11 February 2018) was a Pakistani human rights lawyer and social activist who co-founded and chaired the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. Jahangir was known ...

, Pakistani lawyer * Asma Othmani, Tunisian singer

Historical

20th–21st century

See also