Hurra bint Badr (Arabic: حرة بنت بدر) was the principal wife of eighteenth Abbasid caliph al-Muqtadir until his death in 932.

Hurra bint Badr
حرة بنت بدر
Consort of the Abbasid caliph
Tenure13 August 908 – 31 October 932
Born895/99
Baghdad
Died940s
Baghdad
Spouseal-Muqtadir
(until his death 932)
Names
Hurra bint Badr al-Mu'tadidi
FatherAbu'l-Najm Badr al-Mu'tadidi
ReligionSunni Islam

Her name, hurra literally means free woman. She and her husband both were very young when there marriage was arranged. She married Jaʿfar (future Abbasid caliph al-Muqtadir) in 900s.

Her father was originally a military slave (ghulam or malwa) who served under the caliph al-Mu'tadid. His ability and loyalty led him to become the Caliph's commander-in-chief, exercising considerable influence in the governance of the state throughout Mu'tadid's reign. He was executed on 14 August 902 due to the machinations of the ambitious vizier, al-Qasim ibn Ubayd Allah.

Her husband, al-Muqtadir was the first underage Caliph in Muslim history.[1] He came to power in 908 after his brother's death. Hurra was al-Muqtadir's only wife. She was the daughter of Commander-in-Chief,[2][3] Badr al-Mu'tadidi.[4]

Al-Muqtadir was generous towards her. After his death, she remarried a man of lower status.[4]

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  1. ^ Osti 2013, p. 53.
  2. ^ Massignon, L.; Mason, H. (1994). The Passion of Al-Hallaj: Mystic and Martyr of Islam. Bollingen Series. Princeton University Press. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-691-01919-2.
  3. ^ Massignon, L.; Mason, H. (2019). The Passion of Al-Hallaj, Mystic and Martyr of Islam, Volume 1: The Life of Al-Hallaj. Online access with JISC subscription agreement: ACLS Humanities E-Books. Princeton University Press. p. 394.
  4. ^ a b Brubaker & Tougher 2016, p. 331.

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