Atikah bint Yazid


Atikah bint Yazid was an Umayyad princess. She was the daughter of Yazid I, and wife of Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. Some called her the scholar cause she studied Muslim religion, especially Hadith. She was also called generous as she gave up all of her money for a poor member of Abu Sufyan's family.
However, Atikah was known as she was a relative to twelve Umayyad caliphs and this enabled her to take off her Hijab in front of them, and no other known woman that had such number of mahrams between caliphs.
She survived the death of her grandson Al Walid II.

Caliphs related to her

The Caliphs who were related to her are:
No.CaliphRelation
1Muawiya IGrandfather
2Yazid IFather
3Muawiya IIBrother
4Marwan IFather-in-law
5Abd al-Malik ibn MarwanHusband
6Al-Walid IIStep-sons
7Sulayman ibn Abd al-MalikStep-sons
9Yazid IISon
10Hisham ibn Abd al-MalikStep-son
11Al-Walid IIGrandson
12Yazid IIIStep-grandsons
13Ibrahim ibn al-WalidStep-grandsons