Atikah bint Yazid

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Name Atikah Yazid Children Yazid II Parents Yazid I		Spouse Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan Role Yazid I's daughter Grandchildren Al-Walid II
Grandparents Muawiyah I, Maysun bint Bahdal al-Kulaibi al-Nasrania Uncles Abdullah ibn Muʿawiyah ibn ʾAbi Sufyan, Abdul Rahman ibn Muʿawiyah ibn ʾAbi Sufyan Similar People Abd al‑Malik i, Yazid I, Al‑Walid I

Atikah bint Yazid was an Umayyad princess. She was the daughter of Yazid I, and wife of Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. Some called her the scholar cause she studied Muslim religion, especially Hadith. She was also called generous as she gave up all of her money to poor member of Abu Sufyan's Family.

However, Atikah was known as she was a relative to twelve Umayyad caliphs (out of fourteen) and this enabled her to take off her Hijab in front of them, and no other known woman that had such number of mahrams (men permitted to see her hair according to muslim sharia) between caliphs. She survived the death of her grandson Al Walid II. The Caliphs who were related to her are:

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