الرميكية اعتماد
الرميكية اعتماد
I'timad, known as al-Rumaykiyya — the washerwoman who capped al-Mu'tamid's verse on the wind-rippled river ('any mail-coat for battle, had it frozen'), became his wife and mother of his royal sons; in the Aghmat prison she told him 'we have grown low here', and when Ibn Ammar lay dead with the axe in his skull she said 'Ibn Ammar is still anointed' 1.
At a glance
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- al-Andalus & Europe
- Review
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Overview
I'timad al-Rumaykiyya, a slave-girl of al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad and mother of his children, according to al-Maqqari. The data describe her as "the so-called Rumaykiyya", meaning that the identification is not settled 2.
The story of her marriage
al-Maqqari relates from al-Musahhab and al-Maghrib that al-Mu'tamid rode the river with his vizier Ibn Ammar, and the wind had stirred the water. He asked Ibn Ammar to complete a half-line of verse, but he was slow to answer, and a washerwoman answered. al-Mu'tamid was pleased with what she produced, asked about her, and then married her 2.
In captivity
It is reported that when al-Mu'tamid was deposed and imprisoned at Aghmat, she addressed him in words that showed how hard their condition had become 2.
Sources
- Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari, p. 211-212
- Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari, p.211-212
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islam.museum contributors. “الرميكية اعتماد”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/rumaykiyya/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.