ثمل القهرمانة
ثمل القهرمانة
The queen-mother's stewardess; when command fell to the harem for the caliph's weakness, she sat for the mazalim each Friday, the qadis and notables attending, the signed rescripts issued in her own hand 1.
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- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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Overview
Thumal al-Qahramana, the housekeeper (qahramana) of the mother of al-Muqtadir, that is, the supervisor of her household affairs. al-Suyuti reports that the giving of orders and prohibitions passed to the caliph's harem and its women, and that the mother of al-Muqtadir ordered her to sit for hearing grievances and to examine people's petitions each Friday 2.
Judges and notables would attend her council, and the decrees would be issued bearing her handwriting 2.
Her lineage and the year of her death are not given here. The entry needs an additional source.
Sources
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition), p. 589
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition), p.589
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