Sukaynah bint Harun al-Rashid
| Sukaynah bint Harun al-Rashid سكينة بنت هارون الرشيد | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | c. 788/790 Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate | ||||
| Died | Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate | ||||
| Burial | Baghdad | ||||
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| Dynasty | Abbasid | ||||
| Father | Harun al-Rashid | ||||
| Mother | Qasif (concubine) | ||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||
Sukaynah bint Harun al-Rashid (Arabic: سكينة بنت هارون الرشيد) was an Abbasid princess. She was the daughter of Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid.
Biography[edit]
Sukaynah was the Arab princess from the Abbasid dynasty, that ruled the Islamic Caliphate. she was the daughter of Harun al-Rashid, the fifth Abbasid caliph who ruled from 786 to 809. She was named Sukaynah by her parents.
Qasim was Harun al-Rashid's third son, born to a slave concubine named Qasif. Sukaynah, Harun's eldest daughter, was also Qasim's full sister.[1]
Nomination of her full brother as Heir[edit]
Her full brother Qasim was Nominated as third Heir after Al-Amin and Al-Ma'mun respectively.
Her brother, In his youth, Qasim was placed under the tutorship of the influential general Abd al-Malik ibn Salih. Thanks to Abd al-Malik's influence with Harun, Qasim was named as third in line of succession in 802 or 803, shortly after the so-called "Meccan documents" which established the precedence in succession of his elder brothers Muhammad (the Caliph al-Amin, r. 809–813) and Abdallah (the Caliph al-Ma'mun, r. 813–833). On this occasion, Qasim also received the honorific epithet (laqab) al-Mu'tamin ("the Trusted"), but Harun also stipulated that Abdallah could, once Caliph, alter the succession in favour of his own sons. In addition, Harun entrusted Qasim with the command over the frontier provinces with the Byzantine Empire (the al-Thughur wa-al-'Awasim), with his seat at Manbij.[2]
However after Harun al-Rashid death in 809. Eventually, in 810, Qasim was removed by al-Amin from all his governorships in favour of Khuzayma, and brought to live under close supervision in Baghdad.[3]
In the civil war that followed, Ma'mun was triumphant, defeating and killing his brother al-Amin in 813. Immediately after, Qasim was formally deposed from his position as successor.[4]
[edit]
The Caliphs who were very closely related to her are:
| No. | Caliph | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Mahdi | Grandfather |
| 2 | Musa al-Hadi | Uncle of Sukaynah |
| 3 | Harun al-Rashid | Father |
| 4 | Al-Amin | Brother |
| 5 | Al-Ma'mun | Brother |
| 6 | Al-Mu'tasim | Brother |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- Bosworth, C.E., ed. (1989). The History of al-Ṭabarī, Volume XXX: The ʿAbbāsid Caliphate in Equilibrium: The Caliphates of Mūsā al-Hādī and Hārūn al-Rashīd, A.D. 785–809/A.H. 169–192. SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-88706-564-4. Search this book on
- Fishbein, Michael, ed. (1992). The History of al-Ṭabarī, Volume XXXI: The War Between Brothers: The Caliphate of Muḥammad al-Amīn, A.D. 809–813/A.H. 193–198. SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-1085-1. Search this book on
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- ↑ Bosworth 1989, p. 327.
- ↑ Bosworth 1989, pp. 181, 183, 190–191.
- ↑ Fishbein 1992, p. 22.
- ↑ Fishbein 1992, p. 211.
