Umm Ruman

Umm Rūmān
Umm Rūmān
أم رومان
Personal
Born	Zaynab bint 'Amir ibn Uwaymir ibn 'Abd Shams ibn 'Attab al-Farasiyya al-Kinaniyya; زينب بنت عامر ابن عويمر ابن عبد شمس ابن عتاب الفراسية الكنانية; Tihamah, Arabia (present-day Saudi Arabia)
Died	c. 628 or 630 CE, 6 or 8 AH; Medina, Hejaz, Arabia (present-day Saudi Arabia)
Resting place	Medina
Religion	Islam
Spouse	Al-Harith ibn Sakhbarah (until his death); Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (until her death);
Children	Tufayl ibn al-Harith; Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr; ʿĀʾisha bint Abī Bakr;
Parent	'Amir ibn Uwaymir (father);
Era	Early Islamic period
Known for	Female companion and mother-in-law of Muhammad; Mother of Aisha; Wife of Abu Bakr;
Relatives	Muhammad (son-in-law)

Zaynab bint ʿĀmir ibn ʿUwaymir ibn ʿAbd Shams ibn ʿAttāb al-Farāsīyya al-Kinānīyya, known by her kunya "Umm Rūmān" (Arabic: أمّ رومان زينب بنت عامر ابن عويمر ابن عبد شمس ابن عتاب الفراسية الكنانية)^[1] was among the followers or companions of Muhammad. She was a wife of Abu Bakr and the mother of Aisha, which made her the mother-in-law of the Prophet of Islam.^[2]^[3]

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^ Talhami, Ghada (2012). Historical Dictionary of Women in the Middle East and North Africa. pp. 632–634.
^ Stone, Caroline (1985). The Embroideries of North Africa. p. 76. ...and perhaps it should not be forgotten that Aisha, the favourite wife of Muhammad, whose name means 'The Living One', was (death 627) the daughter of Umm Ruman, 'The Mother of the Pomegranate'.

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[2] Talhami, Ghada (2012). Historical Dictionary of Women in the Middle East and North Africa. pp. 632–634.

[3] Stone, Caroline (1985). The Embroideries of North Africa. p. 76. ...and perhaps it should not be forgotten that Aisha, the favourite wife of Muhammad, whose name means 'The Living One', was (death 627) the daughter of Umm Ruman, 'The Mother of the Pomegranate'.

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