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Atika, daughter of Yazid ibn Mu'awiya, whose mother was Umm Kulthum daughter of Abd Allah ibn Amir. She was the wife of Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan and the most beloved of people to him, as al-Mas'udi relates. 2
He relates that she was angry with him, and then she was content through a trick devised by Amr ibn Bilal. When news of it reached her she said he had deceived her. 2
She was the mother of Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik. 3
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p. 110-111
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p.110-111
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p.185
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islam.museum contributors. “'Atika bint Yazid ibn Mu'awiya”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/atika-bint-yazid/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.