Fatima bint Abd al-Malik

Fatima bint Abd al-Malik was an Umayyad princess, daughter of Caliph Abd al-Malik and principal wife of Caliph Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz. Life Fatima was the daughter of Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan from his second wife from the Banu Makhzum, Umm al-Mughira bint al-Mughira ibn Khalid, a great-granddaughter of the pre-Islamic leader of the Quraysh, Hisham ibn al-Mughira. From this marriage, Abd al-Malik had his daughter Fatima, who was wed to Umar II. Following the death of Umar's father Abd al-Aziz, her father Abd al-Malik recalled Umar to Damascus, where he arranged Umar's marriage to his daughter, Fatima. Her father died shortly after her marriage and her father was succeeded by his son al-Walid I. Her husband was an important courtier and at one time governor of Medina during her brother brother's reign.