Narjis
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| Born | Constantinople, Byzantine Empire |
| Died | Samarra, Abbasid Empire |
| Spouse(s) | Abu Muhammad |
| Children | Muhammad al-Mahdi |
Narjis (Arabic: نرجس ) was reportedly the wife of Imam Hasan al-Askari (232–260 AH, c. 846 – c. 874 CE) and the mother of the final Imam of Twelver Shia Islam. Her name has been recorded as Fatima, Narjis, Rayhana, Maryam b. Zayd al-’Alawiyya, Saqil, and Sawsan in books. more sources have described her as a "Roman (i.e. Byzantine) princess" who pretended to be a slave so that she might travel from her kingdom to Arabia. Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi, in Encyclopedia of Iranica, suggests that the last version is "undoubtedly legendary and hagiographic". According to Ibn Babawayh's account, Narjis saw Mary, the mother of Jesus, and Fatimah, the daughter of Muhammad, in her dreams and converted to Islam.
The first scholar to reveal information about Narjis as the mother of twelfth Imam was Al-Masudi. According to his account, she was a black slave named Narjis. Ibn Babawayh was the first scholar to discuss the nationality of Narjis on the authority of Muhammad b. Bahr al-Shaybani, who attributed his narration to Bishr b. Sulayman al-Nakhkhas. According to Ibn Babawayh and Allamah Majlesi in al-Ghaibah, she was a Christian Narjis was the granddaughter of a Roman Caesar who was a descendant of the Apostle Simon. Also there is a narration that she was not a princess but a black Nubian slave. Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi, in Encyclopedia of Iranica, suggests that the last version is "undoubtedly legendary and hagiographic". However, nowadays almost all twelvers consider her to be a Roman princess.
Fatima, Narges Khatoon, Rayhana, Sawsan, and Maryam Maryam b. Zayd al-’Alawiyya and Saqil are names attributed to her in the sources. According to the Sibt ibn al-Jawzi and Ibn Talhah, Sunni narrators, she had been known as Sawsan. It is possible that her original name has been Narjis, with other ones (except for Saqil) being names by which her associates such as Hakimah Khātūn, sister of Ali al-Hadi, tenth Imam, used to call her.
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