Humayda bint Nu'man ibn Bashir
Humayda bint Nu'man ibn Bashir حميدة بنت النعمان بن بشير | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Humayda bint Nu'man ibn Bashir ibn Sa'd al-Ansari |
| Died | 700s al-Iraq, Umayyad Caliphate |
| Buried | Kufa |
| Family | Family of Nu'man ibn Bashir, Banu Khazraj (tribe) |
| Spouses | Rawh ibn Zinba (d. 890/92) Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf |
| Father | Nu'man ibn Bashir |
| Occupation | Arab poet |
Ḥumayda bint Nuʽmān ibn Bashīr (Arabic: حميدة بنت النعمان بن بشير) was an Arabic-speaking female poet and satirist of the seventh century CE.[1][2] She is noted for her satires on the failings of her various husbands.[3]
Her father, Nu'man ibn Bashir was born in Medina during the Islamic month of Rabi al-Akhir, which occurred fourteen months after the Hijrah, the migration of the Islamic prophet Muhammad from Mecca to Medina. He belonged to the Banu Khazraj, a major tribe of the Ansar.[4] According to some Muslim authorities, he was the first child of the Ansar to be born after the Hijrah. Her grandfather, Bashir ibn Sa'd, was a distinguished companion of Muhammad, and her grandmother, Amra bint Rawaha, was a sister of another noted Ansari companion, Abd Allah ibn Rawaha.[4][5]
Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf took Umm Aban as his first wife, a daughter of Nu'man onetime governor of Kufa.[6] Before being appointed governor of Iraq, Al-Hajjaj was also wed to another daughter of Nu'man, which was Humayda, after she had been divorced by Rawh ibn Zinba; al-Hajjaj divorced Humayda during his governorship in Iraq.[7] Thus Al-Hajjaj was earlier his brother-in-law and later her husband for a period.
References
- ↑ Ibn Khallikān (1842). Slane, William Mac Guckin (ed.). Ibn Khallikan's biographical dictionary. unknown library. Paris, Printed for the Oriental translation fund of Great Britain and Ireland.
- ↑ Essa, Ahmed; Ali, Othman (2010). Studies in Islamic Civilization: The Muslim Contribution to the Renaissance. International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT). ISBN 978-1-56564-350-5.
- ↑ Marlé Hammond, 'The Foul-Mouthed Faḥla: Obscenity and Amplification in Early Women's Invective', in The Rude, the Bad and the Bawdy: Essays in Honour of Professor Geert Jan van Gelder, ed. by Adam Talib, Marlé Hammond and Arie Schippers ([no place]: E. J. W. Gibb Memorial Trust, 2014), pp. 254-65 ISBN 978-1-909724-33-4.
- 1 2 Ibn Sa'd 2012, p. 127.
- ↑ Zettersteen 1995, p. 118.
- ↑ Chowdhry 1972, pp. 51, 152.
- ↑ Chowdhry 1972, p. 152.
Sources
- Zettersteen, K. V. (1995). "Nu'man ibn Bashir al-Ansari". In Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E.; Heinrichs, W. P. & Lecomte, G. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume VIII: Ned–Sam. Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 118–119. ISBN 978-90-04-09834-3.
- Chowdhry, Shiv Rai (1972). Al-Ḥajjāj ibn Yūsuf (An Examination of His Works and Personality) (Thesis). University of Delhi.
- Ibn Sa'd, Muhammad (2012). Kitab at-Tabaqat al-Kabir, Volume VI: The Scholars of Kufa. Translated by Aisha Bewley. London: Ta-Ha Publishers. ISBN 9781842001240.