Shaghab

Shaghab
شغب‎
Umm walad of the Abbasid caliph
Period895 – 5 April 902
BornBaghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
Diedc. 933
Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
Burial
Baghdad
Spouseal-Mu'tadid
Childrenal-Muqtadir
Names
Al-Sayyida Shaghab Umm al-Muqtadir
ReligionIslam

Shaghab (Arabic: شغب) (died 933) was the mother of the eighteenth Abbasid caliph al-Muqtadir (r. 908–932), and wielded a considerable influence over state affairs during the reign of her son. She was commonly referred to only as Umm al-Muqtadir (mother of al-Muqtadir) or al-Sayyida (the lady).