Rayta bint al-Saffah

Rayta bint al-Saffah
ريطة بنت السفاح
Zawjat al-khalifa
Consort of the Abbasid caliph
Tenure775 – 780s
Bornc. 751/753
Kufa or Anbar, Abbasid Caliphate
Died780s
Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
Burial
Baghdad
Spouseal-Mahdi (m. 761)
Children
Names
Rayta bint Abdallah al-Saffah ibn Muhammad
DynastyAbbasid
FatherAl-Saffah
MotherUmm Salama bint Ya'qub al-Makhzumi
ReligionIslam

Rayṭa bint al-Saffāḥ (Arabic: ريطة بنت السفاح) was an Abbasid princess, daughter of first Abbasid caliph al-Saffah (r. 750–754), niece of second Abbasid caliph al-Mansur (r. 754–775) and the first wife of third Abbasid caliph al-Mahdi (r. 775–785).