Maria al-Qibtiyya
Muhammad's concubine or thirteenth wife (d. 637) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Mary the Jewess, an early alchemist sometimes also called Mary the Copt.
Māriyya bint Shamʿūn (Arabic: ماریة بنت شمعون), better known as Māriyyah al-Qibṭiyyah or al-Qubṭiyya (Arabic: مارية القبطية), or Maria the Copt, died 637, was an Egyptian woman who, along with her sister Sirin bint Shamun, was given to the Islamic prophet Muhammad in 628 by Al-Muqawqis, a Christian governor of Alexandria, during the territory's Sasanian occupation as slaves. She spent the rest of her life in Medina and had a son, Ibrahim with Muhammad. The son died as an infant and she died almost five years later.[1]
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Māriyya bint Shamʿūn Mother of the Believers | |
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ماریة بنت شمعون | |
Born | Hebenu, Antinoöpolis, Egypt |
Died | 637 |
Other names | Māriyyah al-Qibṭiyyah or Maria the Copt |
Known for | Slave of Muhammad |
Spouse | Muhammad |
Children | Ibrahim ibn Muhammad |
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Al-Maqrizi says that she was a native of Hebenu (Coptic: ⲡⲙⲁⲛϩⲁⲃⲓⲛ, Koinē Greek: Ἀλάβαστρων πόλις Alábastrōn pólis, Arabic: الخفن, romanized: al-Khafn), a village located near Antinoöpolis.[2]