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Fatima Zahra (Arabic:  &#1601;&#1575;&#1591;&#1605;&#1577; &#1575;&#1604;&#1586;&#1607;&#1585;&#1575;&#1569;  translit: Fāţimah az-Zahrā’ or Faatemah al-Zahraa) was the daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his first wife Khadija. She was born in Mecca, northwestern Arabia, around 614 (Shi'a tradition) or 606 CE (Sunni tradition) and died in Medina in 632, soon after her father Muhammad's death. In 624, she was married to her father's cousin, Ali ibn Abi Talib, who was one of Muhammad's lieutenants and later, the fourth caliph, or leader of the Muslims. (Note that this is controversial; Shi'a Muslims believe that Ali was the first legitimate caliph.)

Fatima was survived by two sons, Hasan ibn Ali and Husayn ibn Ali and two daughters, Umm Khultum bint Ali and Zaynab bint Ali.