Dawma bt. 'Amr
| Mother of al-Mukhtar | |
|---|---|
| Full Name | Dawma bt. 'Amr b. Wahb |
| Epithet | Dawmat al-Husna' |
| Religious Affiliation | Shi'a |
| Well-known Relatives | Al-Mukhtar b. Abu 'Ubayd al-Thaqafi, Abu 'Ubayd al-Thaqafi |
| Era | Early Islam |
| Known for | Mother of al-Mukhtar |
| Activities | Companionship with al-Mukhtar |
Dawma bt. ʿAmr b. Wahb (Arabic: دومَة بنت عَمْرو بن وَهب) -the mother of al-Mukhtar b. Abu 'Ubayd al-Thaqafi- was a Shi'a woman, who upraised along with her son for avenging Imam al-Husayn (a).
Lineage and Marriage
Dawma was daughter of 'Amr b. Wahb b. Mut'ab b. Wahb b. Ka'b al-Thaqafi.[1] Some said that her father's name was Wahb b. Mut'ab;[2] but it seems that they mistakenly dropped 'Amr" from her full name.[3]
Dawma married Abu 'Ubayd al-Thaqafi.[4] According to some historical accounts, Abu 'Ubayd -al-Mukhtar's father- was very fastidious about his future wife and rejected many women, until someone told him in his dream to marry "Dawmat al-Hasna'" (Dawma the beautiful.)[5]
Children
She had five sons:
- Al-Mukhtar, who was born in the first year of Hijra.[6]
- Jabr.
- Abu al-Jabr.
- Abu Hakam.
- Abu Umayya.[7]
Dream
Dawma says: "One night during my pregnancy with al-Mukhtar I dreamed of someone reciting this poem to me:
Be informed of a son who is like a lion more than anything. When men are fighting very hard on worthless things, he'll have the most valuable portion."[8]
She also had a dream after his birth, in which she was told that her son will have many followers.[9]
Companionship with al-Mukhtar
In the book Balaghat al-nisa', Ibn Tayfur narrated that she was an eloquent rhetorician. When al-Mukhtar and his companions were under siege by the army of Mus'ab b. Zubayr, she stood by her son, although someone suggested surviving her from the siege.[10]
See Also
Notes
- ↑ Balādhurī, Ansāb al-ashrāf, vol. 6, p. 375; Ibn al-Jawzī, al-Muntaẓam, vol. 6, p. 67.
- ↑ Balādhurī, Ansāb al-ashrāf, vol. 6, p. 439.
- ↑ Thaqafī al-Kūfī, al-Ghārāt, vol. 2, p. 517.
- ↑ Balādhurī, Ansāb al-ashrāf, vol. 6, p. 375; Ibn al-Jawzī, al-Muntaẓam, vol. 6, p. 67; Thaqafī al-Kūfī, al-Ghārāt, vol. 2, p. 517.
- ↑ Balādhurī, Ansāb al-ashrāf, vol. 6, p. 375.
- ↑ Balādhurī, Ansāb al-ashrāf, vol. 6, p. 375; Ibn al-Jawzī, al-Muntaẓam, vol. 6, p. 67; Thaqafī al-Kūfī, al-Ghārāt, vol. 2, p. 517.
- ↑ Ibn Namā al-Ḥillī, Dhawb al-nuḍār, p. 60.
- ↑ Balādhurī, Ansāb al-ashrāf, vol. 6, p. 375; Majlisī, Biḥār al-anwār, vol. 45, p. 350.
- ↑ Balādhurī, Ansāb al-ashrāf, vol. 6, p. 375; Majlisī, Biḥār al-anwār, vol. 45, p. 350.
- ↑ Ibn Ṭayfūr, Balāghāt al-nisāʾ, p. 157; Maḥallātī, Rayāḥīn al-sharīʿa, vol. 4, p. 245.
References
- Balādhurī, Aḥmad b. Yaḥyā al-. Jumal min ansāb al-ashrāf. Edited by Suhayl Zakār & Riyāḍ al-Ziriklī. Beirut: Dār al-Fikr, 1417 AH.
- Ibn al-Jawzī, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. ʿAlī. Al-Muntaẓam fī tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk. Edited by Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Qādir ʿAṭāʾ & *Muṣṭafā ʿAbd al-Qādir ʿAṭāʾ. Beirut: Dār al-Kutub al-ʿIlmīyya, 1412 AH.
- Ibn Namā al-Ḥillī, Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad. Dhawb al-nuḍār. Qom: Muʾassisat al-Nashr al-Islāmī, 1416 AH.
- Ibn Ṭayfūr, Aḥmad b. Abī Ṭāhir. Balāghāt al-nisāʾ. Edited by Yūsuf Baqāʿī. Beirut: Dār al-aḍwāʾ, 1420 AH.
- Maḥallātī, Dhabīḥ Allāh. Rayāḥīn al-sharīʿa. Fifth edition. Tehran: Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmīyya, 1368 Sh.
- Majlisī, Muḥammad Bāqir al-. Biḥār al-anwār. Second edition. Beirut: Dār al-Wafāʾ, 1403 AH.
- Thaqafī al-Kūfī, Ibrāhīm b. Muḥammad al-. al-Ghārāt. Edited by Ḥusaynī Irmawī. Tehran: Injuman-i Āthār-i ʿIlmī, 1353 Sh.