Mariya dhat al-qirtayn
مارية ذات القرطين
The Kindite mother of the Ghassanid king al-Harith ibn Tha'laba — famed in the poets' verse, and ancestress to a line of Ghassanid kings 1.
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- Pre-Islamic Arabia
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Mariya "Dhat al-Qurtayn" (she of the two earrings), daughter of Arqam ibn Tha'laba ibn Jafna ibn Amr. It is also said she was the daughter of Zalim ibn Wahb ibn Mu'awiya ibn Thawr ibn Kinda. 2
Her line
She is the mother of al-Harith ibn Tha'laba ibn Jafna, the king of Ghassan in Syria. The poets mentioned her in their verses, and a number of the kings of Ghassan are ascribed to her. 2
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 426
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.426
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