| Zubaidah bint Ja`far ibn al-Mansur زبيدة بنت جعفر ابن المنصور | |||||
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| Zawjat al khalifa | |||||
| Consort of the Abbasid caliph | |||||
| Tenure | September 786 – 24 March 809 | ||||
| Born | 765/66 al-Iraq, Abbasid Empire (now Iraq) | ||||
| Died | 10 July 831 Baghdad, Abbasid Empire | ||||
| Spouse | Harun al-Rashid | ||||
| Issue | Muhammad al-Amin | ||||
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| Dynasty | Abbasid | ||||
| Father | Ja'far ibn Abdallah al-Mansur | ||||
| Mother | Salsal bint Atta | ||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||
Zubaidah bint Ja`far ibn al-Mansur (Arabic: زبيدة بنت جعفر بن المنصور) (died 26 Jumada I 216 AH / 10 July 831 CE) was the best known of the Abbasid princesses, and the wife and double cousin of Harun al-Rashid. She is particularly remembered for the series of wells, reservoirs and artificial pools that provided water for Muslim pilgrims along the route from Baghdad to Mecca and Medina, which was renamed the Darb Zubaidah[1][2][3] in her honor. The exploits of her and her husband, Harun al-Rashid, form part of the basis for The Thousand and One Nights.