Qatwah 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | F |
Floruit | M VII |
Dates | 648 (taq) / 649 (ob.) |
Religion | Muslim |
Ethnicity | Arab |
Locations | Cyprus |
Textual Sources | Tabari, al-, Ta'rikh al-rusul wa-l-muluk, ed. M.-J. de Goeje et al., 15 vols. (Leiden 1879-1901); Eng tr. The History of al-Tabari, general editor E. Yar-Shater, 39 vols. (New York, 1985-) (history) |
Qatwah 1 was one of the wives of the caliph Mu`awiya 1; she was the sister of one of his other wives, Fakhitah; she accompanied him when he raided Cyprus (in AH 28, AD 648/649) but died there: Tabari XVIII, p. 216.
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