al-Hakam ibn Abi al-As
Al-Hakam ibn Abi al-As | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mecca |
| Died | 655/56 |
| Spouse(s) | Amina bint Alqama ibn Safwan Mulayka bint Awfa Umm Nu'man bint al-Harith ibn Abi Amr al-Ba'itha bint Hashim ibn Utba ibn Rabi'a |
| Relations | Banu Umayya (clan) |
| Children | |
| Parent(s) | Abu al-As ibn Umayya (father) Ruqayya bint al-Harith (mother) |
Al-Hakam ibn Abi al-As ibn Umayya (
Family
Al-Hakam was the son of
Al-Hakam married Amina bint Alqama ibn Safwan al-Kinaniyya after she was divorced by his half-brother Affan ibn Abi al-As.[2] She gave birth to al-Hakam's son, Marwan, who became the Umayyad caliph in 684-685 and the progenitor of all successive Umayyad caliphs.[2] Al-Hakam fathered at least twenty, but probably over thirty children from four different wives and a number of slave women.[3] Besides Marwan, Amina bint Alqama was the mother of al-Hakam's eldest son, Uthman al-Azraq, and al-Harith, Abd al-Rahman, Salih and daughters Umm al-Banin and Zaynab. His second wife, Mulayka bint Awfa of the Banu Murra clan of the Ghatafan tribe, was the mother of his sons Yahya, Aban, Uthman al-Asghar, Habib, Amr and daughters Umm Yahya, Zaynab, Umm Shayba, Umm Uthman and Umm Salama.[4] His third wife, Umm al-Nu'man bint al-Harith ibn Abi Amr of the Banu Thaqif tribe, gave him sons Nu'man, Aws, Suhayl, and Amr, and daughters Umm Aban, Umama, Umm Amr and Umm al-Hakam. His Qurayshite wife, al-Ba'itha bint Hashim ibn Utba ibn Rabi'a of the Banu Abd Shams was the mother of his son Yusuf.[5]
Life
Al-Hakam was known to have staunchly opposed the
References
- ^ Marsham 2022, pp. 21–23.
- ^ a b Donner 2014, p. 106.
- ^ Marsham 2022, p. 23.
- ^ Marsham 2022, pp. 23–24.
- ^ Marsham 2022, pp. 24–25.
- ^ Humphreys 1990, p. 227, note 48.
- ^ Humphreys 1990, p. 227.
- ^ Gordon 2018, p. 799.
- ^ Madelung 1997, p. 109.
- ^ Sears 2003, p. 10.
Bibliography
- Donner, Fred (2014). "Was Marwan ibn al-Hakam the First "Real" Muslim". In Savant, Sarah Bowen; de Felipe, Helena (eds.). Genealogy and Knowledge in Muslim Societies: Understanding the Past. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-0-7486-4497-1.
- ISBN 978-0-7914-0154-5.
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- Sears, Stuart D. (March 2003). "The Legitimation of al-Hakam b. al-'As: Umayyad Government in Seventh-Century Kirman". Iranian Studies. 36 (1). Taylor & Francis: 5–25. S2CID 161094119.
- Gordon, Michael (2018). The Works of Ibn Wāḍiḥ al-Yaʿqūbī (Volume 3): An English Translation. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-35619-1.
- Marsham, Andrew (2022). "Kinship, Dynasty, and the Umayyads". The Historian of Islam at Work: Essays in Honor of Hugh N. Kennedy. Leiden: Brill. pp. 12–45. ISBN 978-90-04-52523-8.
