Draft:List of Abbasid royal consorts

This page lists the royal consorts of the Abbasid caliphate from its establishment until deceased. At the earlier era, most of the principal wives as well as the biological mother of the caliphs were either an Abbasid princess or a daughter of the prominent Arabs family. From the late Abbasid, the caliphs were most likely to marry a princess of neighborhood, such as Buyid and Seljuk, also almost all of them were born from an umm walad which usually non-Arabs girl.

Unlike haseki sultan of Ottoman and padshah begum of Mughal, there's no special title bestowed to the chief consort. The chief consort often was a woman with the highest aristocratic background or who had the most influence to the caliphs.

Consorts

 * 1) Umm Salama bint Ya'qub al-Makhzumi was the only woman related to Umayya and Abbasid through marriage.
 * 2) Umm Salama and Arwa bint Mansur al-Himyari were the only wife  of the caliphs during their lifetime.
 * 3) al-Khayzuran was the first enslaved woman who had the power of depriving the son of the Abbasid princess, Rayta bint al-Saffah as the heir of the throne.
 * 4) Zubaidah bint Ja'far was known for her role in the establishment of pilgrimage routes named Zubaydah Trail.

Notable Concubines

 * 1)  Marajil and Maridah bint Shabib were two of ten maids presented by Queen Zubaidah bint Ja'far to her husband, Caliph Harun al-Rashid.
 * 2) The Zumurrud Khatun Mosque and Mausoleum was built in the honor of Sayyida Zumurrud Khatun before her death.