Fakhitah bint Abi Hisham
Fakhitah bint Abi Hashim (Arabic: فاختة بنت هاشم, death 690s) also known as Umm Hashim (أم هاشم) or Umm Khalid (أم خالد) was the wife of second Umayyad caliph Yazid I. Fakhita was the first and probably the only woman in the Umayyad history who had relation through marriage with both ruling house of Umayyad Caliphate; the Sufyanid house and Marwanid house, through her second marriage to fourth Umayyad caliph Marwan I.
| Fakhitah bint Hashim فاختة بنت هاشم | |||||
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| Consort of the Umayyad caliph | |||||
| Tenure | 680 – 683, 684 – 685 | ||||
| Born | Hejaz/al-Sham, Rashidun Caliphate | ||||
| Died | 690s Damascus, Umayyad Caliphate | ||||
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| Children | Khalid ibn Yazid | ||||
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| Family | Abd Shams (by birth) Umayyad (by marriage) | ||||
| Father | Abi Hisham al-Abshami | ||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||
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