FATIMA, daughter of Muhammed

fătˈĭmə, fäˈtĭmə, fətēˈmə, 616?–633?, daughter of Muhammad by his first wife, Khadija. Fatima was the wife of Ali, the mother of Hasan and Husayn, and reputedly the ancestress of the Fatimids. She is revered by all branches of the Islamic faith and is the subject of many mysteries and legends.

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Between Poverty and the Pyre: Moments in the History of Widowhood
Book by Jan Bremmer, Lourens Van Den Bosch; Routledge, 1995
also let Muhammed profit from her family...Moreover, she gave Muhammed, as far as we know, two sons and four daughters, of whom only his daughter Fatima survived him. The marriage of Khadija and Muhammed was a monogamous one...
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Islam
Book by Henri Massé, Halide Edib; G.P. Putnams Sons, 1938
Subjects: Islam
...the mother of Jesus. Muhammed himself added to this...and his daughter, Fatima. The Koran reproves...discontented at the birth of a daughter to Muhammed. 1 It also abolished the burying alive of daughters. 2 The Koran permits...of an adopted son. Muhammed himself married the...
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African Literature, Animism and Politics
Book by Caroline Rooney; Routledge, 2000
Subjects: African Literature--History And Criticism, Animism In Literature, Politics And Literature--Africa, Politics In Literature, Postcolonialism In Literature
...work concern precisely the father-daughter relationship, more precisely, the relationship between Muhammed and Fatima, specifically, at the point of the...then, is one of the father and daughter at the origin , at the institution...
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Obok: A Study of Social Structure of Eurasia
Book by Elizabeth E. Bacon; Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, 1958
Subjects: Tribes
...virtue of their descent from Muhammed, the prophet of Islam, through his daughter Fatima. The seyyids trace their descent from Fatima and her husband Ali through both...sadati masawi trace descent from Muhammed through the paternal line only...
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An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of the Russian and Soviet Empires
Book by James S. Olson, Lee Brigance Pappas, Nicholas C. J. Pappas; Greenwood Press, 1994
Subjects: Ethnology--Russia--Dictionaries, Ethnology--Soviet Union--Dictionaries, Russia--Ethnic Relations--Dictionaries, Soviet Union--Ethnic Relations--Dictionaries
...teachings of the Prophet Muhammed. The collected set...sayings and doings of Muhammed, are called the Sunna...male heirs, but his daughter Fatima had been married to...convert and cousin of Muhammed, Ali ibn Abu-Talib...
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journal articles on: Fatima daughter of Muhammed  - 2 results

 
 
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The Rules of the Game: Unpacking Patronage Politics in Yemen
Journal article by April Longley Alley; The Middle East Journal, Vol. 64, 2010
Subjects: Armed forces, Decision making, Field study, Government documents, Network security, Political economy, Politics, Reforms, Remittances
...sayyids - those claiming descent from the Prophet Muhammed through his daughter Fatima and her husband Ali - who maintain significant...confederation to the Presidents family. The Presidents daughters have married into the Duwayd family, a prominent...
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The People's Theater of Yusuf Al-Ani
Journal article by Salaam Yousif; Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ), Vol. 19, 1997
Subjects: Dramatists--Works, al-Ani, Yusuf--Works
...some expensive medicine for his sick daughter, is tempted by two of his colleagues...pills he managed to obtain for his sick daughter were themselves spurious. The character...of getting tainted money to save his daughter. Like his other plays at the time...


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The Old Man in the Mountain
Magazine article; Insight on the News, April 13, 2004
Subjects: Bush, George W.--Foreign policy, Bush, George W.--Military policy, Europe--Religious aspects, Islam and politics--Europe, Islam and politics--History, Islam and politics--United States, Islam--Europe, Islam--History, Islam--United States, Terrorism--History, Terrorism--Religious aspects, War on Terrorism, 2001---Analysis
...of Islam came through Ali, married to the prophets daughter, Fatima. The bewildering and complicated history is summed...I Am Not a Muslim and The Quest for the Historical Muhammed, points out that the approved holy books on the life...


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Just Popping out for a Trip to the Baker's. Rapist and Killer from Top Security Jail; (1) Prison Break: Killer James Boyce, Left, and Rapist George Clark in Shotts (2) Gunned Down: Thomas Boedeker, Left. His Wife Renate Was Injured, as Were Their Two Children
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 9, 2008
...that the lifers would be allowed out. Fatima Ali, 35, who served the two in the bakery...demand. When the dead mans 20-year-old daughter Julia handed over a wallet from her fathers...years ago and now calls himself Yousuf Muhammed Ansari, abducted a 23-year-old woman...


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