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Humay bint Bahman

حماية بنت بهمن

Humay daughter of Bahman — who converted the great Istakhr building into a fire-temple, whose flame's removal left the ruin folk call Solomon's Mosque 1.

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Humay, daughter of Bahman ibn Isfandiyar, one of the kings of the Persians. 2

Building at Istakhr

Al-Mas'udi reports that she brought out the great building at Istakhr and made it a fire temple. The fire was later moved away from it and it fell into ruin, and it came to be known among the people as the Mosque of Solomon. 2

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  1. Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 550
  2. Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.550
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islam.museum contributors. “Humay bint Bahman”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/humay-bint-bahman/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-16.

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