Umm al-Hajjaj bint Muhammad أم الحجاج بنت محمد | |||||
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Consort of the Umayyad caliph | |||||
Tenure | 720 – 722/24 | ||||
Born | 700s Taif, Umayyad Caliphate | ||||
Died | Damascus, Umayyad Caliphate | ||||
Spouse | Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik | ||||
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Banu Thaqif (by birth) Umayyad (by marriage) | ||||
Father | Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Thaqafi | ||||
Religion | Islam |
Umm al-Hajjaj bint Muhammad ( Arabic: أم الحجاج بنت محمد) was the famous principal wife of the ninth Umayyad caliph Yazid II and mother of eleventh Umayyad caliph Al-Walid II.
Her full name was Umm al-Hajjaj bint Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Thaqafi, she belonged to Thaqafi tribe.
Yazid established marital ties to the family of al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf (d. 714), the powerful viceroy of Iraq for his father, Caliph Abd al-Malik, and brother, al-Walid I ( r. 705–715). He married al-Hajjaj's niece, Umm al-Hajjaj, the daughter of Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Thaqafi. [1] [2] During her uncle's lifetime, she gave birth to Yazid's sons: al-Hajjaj, who died young, and al-Walid II, who became caliph in 743. [1]
Umm al-Hajjaj became very influential wife of Yazid II. Her second son al-Walid, who was born in 709, was considered a candidate to the Caliphate throne.
Her husband, Yazid II died of tuberculosis [3] in Irbid, a town in the Balqa subdistrict of Jund Dimashq (the military division of Damascus corresponding to Transjordan) on 24 Sha'ban 105 AH (26 January 724). [4] His son al-Walid or half-brother Hisham led his funeral prayers. [5] Yazid had intended to appoint al-Walid as his immediate successor but was persuaded by Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik to appoint Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik, followed by al-Walid. [6]
Umm al-Hajjaj died during her husband reign or during her reign of brother-in law Hisham.