Muzna

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Muzna (died 968) was a concubine. She was the mother of Abd al-Rahman III.

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Her name means "Rain Cloud" in Andalusian Arabic. [1]

Life

She was a woman of the harem of the Emir of Cordoba, the concubine of Prince Muhammad and the mother of Caliph Abd al-Rahman III, [2] which confers the title of umm Walad, which is that carried by the mother of the royal children.

She was of Basque origin, Frankish according to André Clot. [3] She was initially Christian before her conversion to Islam. [4] [5] She was the granddaughter of Fortún Garcés of Pamplona, from the royal family of Navarre, the Arista. [6] She died in 968. [7]

Legacy

In his treatises and works such as The Necklace of the Dove, Ibn Hazm names her by his own name, Hazm and seems to emphasize family ties between him and her. [8]

References

  1. ↑ D. Fairchild Ruggles (2004). "Mothers of a Hybrid Dynasty: Race, Genealogy, and Acculturation in al-Andalus". Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies. 34 (1). Duke University Press: 65–94. doi:10.1215/10829636-34-1-65. ISSN   1527-8263. S2CID   170890527.
  2. ↑ Cristina de la Puente (2013). "Free Fathers, Slave Mothers and their Children : a Contribution to the Study of Family Structures in Al-Andalus". Imago Temporis: Medium Aevum: 27–44. ISSN   1888-3931.
  3. ↑ André Clot (2004) [1999]. "Le califat". L'Espagne musulmane: VIIIème : XVème siècle (in French). Paris: Perrin. p. 107. ISBN   2-262-01425-6.
  4. ↑ Cristina de la Puente (2017). "Concubines and Courtesans: Women and Slavery in Islamic History". The Ethnic Origins of Females Slaves in al-Andalus. Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-19-062219-0.
  5. ↑ Joaquin Vallvé (1977). "Sobre demografía y sociedad en al-Andalus (siglos VIII-XI)" (in Spanish). Madrid: Al-Andalus.
  6. ↑ Adeline Rucquoi (Feb–Mar 2018). "La Croix et le Croissant". Le Figaro Histoire (in French) (36 - L'Espagne musulmane d'Al-Andalus à la Reconquista): 76–85. ISSN   2259-2733.
  7. ↑ Luisa Avila (1989). "La mujer en al-Andalus: reflejos históricos de su actividad y categorías sociales". Las mujeres "sabias" en Al-Andalus (PDF) (in Spanish). Université de Madrid. pp. 139–185. ISBN   84-7587-117-8.
  8. ↑ Matthew S. Gordon; Kathryn A. Hain (2017). Concubines and Courtesans: Women and Slavery in Islamic History. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 354. ISBN   978-0-19-062218-3. 0-19-062218-0.
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