Arwa bint Mansur al-Himyari

Arwa bint Mansur al-Himyari
أروى بنت منصور الحميرى
Consort of the Abbasid caliph
Tenure10 June 754 – 764
Bornc. 735
Kairouan, Umayyad Caliphate (now Tunisia)
Diedc. 764
(aged 29)
Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
Burial
Baghdad
Spouseal-Mansur
Issue
Names
Umm Musa Arwa bint Mansur al-Himyari
HouseBanu Himyar (by birth)
Abbasid (by marriage)
FatherMansur al-Himyari
ReligionIslam

Arwā bint Manṣūr al-Ḥimyarī (Arabic: أروى بنت منصور الحميرى) also known as Umm Mūsā (Arabic: ام موسى) was the famous principal wife of Abbasid caliph al-Mansur (r. 754–775) and mother of third Abbasid caliph al-Mahdi.


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