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ميسون بنت بجدل الكلبية

ميسون بنت بجدل الكلبية

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Maysun daughter of Bahdal of the Kalb of the Banu Kalb. She was the wife of Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan and the mother of his son Yazid. 1

In the book

The book describes her as resolute, of great standing in beauty, leadership, intellect and religion. It says that Mu'awiya came to her with a eunuch servant, and she veiled herself and said: "What is this man with you?" 1

It relates from Ibn Jarir that she bore Mu'awiya another daughter, who died young. 2

An attributed story

The book presents a story attributed to her about Na'ila daughter of Umara al-Kalbiyya. The reporters relate it, and the book does not confirm it. 3

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Parent of
Yazid ibn Mu'awiya

People and things also explored

The pledge to Yazid as heir apparent· The pledge to Yazid as heir apparent· The Conquest of Rhodes and the Demolition of Its Fort· Death of Yazid ibn Mu'awiya· The Second Raid on Cyprus· The Battle of al-Harra· Banu Umayya ibn Abd Shams· Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan

Sources

  1. The Umayyad State — Bakr Muhammad Ibrahim Bakr (1st ed., Markaz al-Raya lil-Nashr wal-I'lam, Cairo 2002) , p.177-178
  2. The Umayyad State — Bakr Muhammad Ibrahim Bakr (1st ed., Markaz al-Raya lil-Nashr wal-I'lam, Cairo 2002) , p.178
  3. The Umayyad State — Bakr Muhammad Ibrahim Bakr (1st ed., Markaz al-Raya lil-Nashr wal-I'lam, Cairo 2002) , p.177
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islam.museum contributors. “ميسون بنت بجدل الكلبية”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/maysun-bint-bahdal/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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The pledge to Yazid as heir apparent

Mu'awiya summoned the Syrians to pledge the succession to his son Yazid — the first to bequeath the caliphate to a son and the first to do so in his own lifetime — and wrote to Marwan at Medina to take the pledge. Marwan preached that the caliph wished to appoint Yazid 'after the manner of Abu Bakr and Umar'; Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr rose: 'rather after the manner of Chosroes and Caesar — neither of them gave it to a son or any of their house'. When Muawiya made the hajj in 51 he took the pledge in person: Ibn Umar answered that earlier caliphs had sons no worse than Yazid yet chose for the Muslims, while disclaiming any wish to break the community's staff; Ibn Abi Bakr leapt up vowing to return the matter to shura; Ibn al-Zubayr retorted 'if you are weary of rule, retire and bring your son — whom would we obey if we pledged you both?'. Muawiya then announced from the minbar that the three had 'heard, obeyed and pledged' — which the crowd affirmed and they denied.