📖 Über Hafsah
Hafsah ist ein arabischer Name mit der Bedeutung 'junge Löwin', der in der islamischen Geschichte durch Hafsah bint Umar eine bleibende Bedeutung erlangt hat — Ehefrau des Propheten Muhammad und Hüterin des ersten schriftlichen Koranmanuskripts.
📍 Details
- HerkunftArabic
- Geschlecht♀ Weiblich
- BedeutungVariant of Hafsa. Gathering, young lioness
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⭐ Berühmte Persönlichkeiten
- Hafsah bint Umar — Wife of the Prophet Muhammad and daughter of the second Caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab (c. 605-665 AD); one of the Mothers of the Believers and the guardian of the first written compilation of the Quran — the manuscript was entrusted to her care and later served as the master copy for the standardised Uthmanic Quran.
- Hafsah bint al-Hajj al-Rukuniyya — Andalusian poet (c. 1135-1191 AD), one of the most celebrated female poets of medieval Islamic Iberia; her passionate love poetry addressed to the poet Abu Ja'far ibn Sa'id is among the most striking examples of Arabic lyric verse from al-Andalus.
- Hafsah Raji-Oyelaran — Nigerian journalist and media executive; a prominent figure in West African broadcast media and one of several contemporary Nigerian women bearing the name who reflect its continued vitality in Muslim communities across sub-Saharan Africa.
- Hafsa Sultan — Ottoman queen mother (Valide Sultan, c. 1479-1534), mother of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent; one of the most powerful women of the Ottoman Empire, whose influence during the early years of Suleiman's reign was considerable — another bearer of the name who wielded significant historical power.