The date and place of birth are not securely recorded. She was a daughter of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib, Peace Be Upon Him, and the sources reviewed do not justify an exact chronological estimate.
Maymuna bint Ali
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Ahl al-Bayt
Probable
Burial place unknown
Imami source baseline
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Maymuna bint Ali, Peace Be Upon Her, is named in Imami and genealogical works among the daughters of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib, Peace Be Upon Him. The surviving record is brief but consistently links her by marriage to Abd Allah al-Akbar ibn Aqil ibn Abi Talib, thereby joining two branches of the descendants of Abu Talib. Genealogical sources disagree over the exact list of her children, and they do not securely preserve her birth date, death date, burial place, or an independent public role. Later claims that she was present at Karbala or among the captives are therefore not presented as established facts.
The date and circumstances of death are not securely recorded. Al-Muhabbar reports a later marriage to Tammam ibn al-Abbas after Abd Allah ibn Aqil, but this does not establish a precise death chronology.
Her burial place is unknown in the reliable sources reviewed. No al-Baqi attribution, modern grave marker, shrine, or GPS location is asserted in this profile.
Biography and historical profile
Maymuna bint Ali, Peace Be Upon Her, appears in the child lists of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib, Peace Be Upon Him, among daughters born to different mothers. The early notices do not preserve the personal name of her mother with sufficient certainty; some later summaries describe her mother only as an unnamed umm walad. No securely dated report of Maymuna's birth has been identified, so an exact year or place should not be reconstructed from later estimates.
The clearest part of her biography is her marriage. Ibn Inaba's Umdat al-Talib, Musab al-Zubayri's Nasab Quraysh, al-Baladhuri's Ansab al-Ashraf, and other genealogical compilations identify her husband as Abd Allah al-Akbar ibn Aqil ibn Abi Talib. This marriage connected the Alid and Aqilid branches of Banu Hashim and is more securely documented than most details later attached to her life.
The genealogists do not transmit a completely uniform account of her children. Nasab Quraysh states that she bore a son named Aqil. Ansab al-Ashraf attributes Muhammad, Ruqayya, and Umm Kulthum to Abd Allah ibn Aqil through Maymuna. Because other daughters of Ali were also married within the family of Aqil and several relatives carried repeated names, these differences should be retained as source variants rather than combined into one certain list.
Al-Muhabbar reports that after Abd Allah ibn Aqil, Tammam ibn al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib married Maymuna. This notice indicates that she survived the end of her first marriage, but it does not provide a secure chronology for either marriage. Later Karbala literature often identifies an Abd Allah al-Akbar ibn Aqil among the Hashimite martyrs. That material may explain later assertions that Maymuna herself was at Karbala, yet no sufficiently early and specific report was found that firmly places her in Husayn's caravan, the battlefield camp, or the subsequent captivity.
No reliable independent speech, hadith transmission, public office, death date, or burial place is securely attributed to Maymuna in the sources reviewed. Her profile must therefore remain a carefully bounded genealogical biography. Its strongest historical value lies in her identification as a daughter of Ali, her documented marriage into the family of Aqil, and the source-critical preservation of differing reports about her descendants without inventing a fuller life story.
The clearest part of her biography is her marriage. Ibn Inaba's Umdat al-Talib, Musab al-Zubayri's Nasab Quraysh, al-Baladhuri's Ansab al-Ashraf, and other genealogical compilations identify her husband as Abd Allah al-Akbar ibn Aqil ibn Abi Talib. This marriage connected the Alid and Aqilid branches of Banu Hashim and is more securely documented than most details later attached to her life.
The genealogists do not transmit a completely uniform account of her children. Nasab Quraysh states that she bore a son named Aqil. Ansab al-Ashraf attributes Muhammad, Ruqayya, and Umm Kulthum to Abd Allah ibn Aqil through Maymuna. Because other daughters of Ali were also married within the family of Aqil and several relatives carried repeated names, these differences should be retained as source variants rather than combined into one certain list.
Al-Muhabbar reports that after Abd Allah ibn Aqil, Tammam ibn al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib married Maymuna. This notice indicates that she survived the end of her first marriage, but it does not provide a secure chronology for either marriage. Later Karbala literature often identifies an Abd Allah al-Akbar ibn Aqil among the Hashimite martyrs. That material may explain later assertions that Maymuna herself was at Karbala, yet no sufficiently early and specific report was found that firmly places her in Husayn's caravan, the battlefield camp, or the subsequent captivity.
No reliable independent speech, hadith transmission, public office, death date, or burial place is securely attributed to Maymuna in the sources reviewed. Her profile must therefore remain a carefully bounded genealogical biography. Its strongest historical value lies in her identification as a daughter of Ali, her documented marriage into the family of Aqil, and the source-critical preservation of differing reports about her descendants without inventing a fuller life story.
Historical importance and legacy
Maymuna, Peace Be Upon Her, is important for the internal genealogy of the family of Abu Talib. Her marriage to Abd Allah al-Akbar ibn Aqil joined the descendants of Ali and Aqil and illustrates the close kinship networks within Banu Hashim during the first Islamic century.
Her brief record also demonstrates why women's biographies require careful use of genealogical literature. The sources preserve her name and marriage more clearly than her chronology, activities, or burial, while differing over the children attributed to her. Preserving those differences is historically more responsible than constructing a single expanded narrative from incompatible lists.
Maymuna's profile is additionally significant as a safeguard against later hagiographic expansion. Respect for an Ahl al-Bayt figure does not require asserting an unverified presence at Karbala, captivity, speeches, miracles, or a modern grave. A restrained profile keeps the documented family relationship visible while marking the limits of the surviving evidence.
Her brief record also demonstrates why women's biographies require careful use of genealogical literature. The sources preserve her name and marriage more clearly than her chronology, activities, or burial, while differing over the children attributed to her. Preserving those differences is historically more responsible than constructing a single expanded narrative from incompatible lists.
Maymuna's profile is additionally significant as a safeguard against later hagiographic expansion. Respect for an Ahl al-Bayt figure does not require asserting an unverified presence at Karbala, captivity, speeches, miracles, or a modern grave. A restrained profile keeps the documented family relationship visible while marking the limits of the surviving evidence.
Family relationships
👪 Parents
Father
Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib
Probable
🌱 Children
Sources
Al-Mustajad min al-Irshad | Attributed to al-Allama al-Hilli; abridgment of al-Irshad by Shaykh al-Mufid | Biographical listing; pagination varies by edition | https://ar.lib.eshia.ir/15110/1/140 | lists Maymuna among the daughters of Imam AliUmdat al-Talib fi Ansab Aal Abi Talib | Ibn Inaba | Vol. 1, p. 64 in the displayed edition | https://lib.eshia.ir/10392/1/64 | identifies Maymuna as a daughter of Ali married to Abd Allah al-Akbar ibn Aqil
Nasab Quraysh | Musab ibn Abd Allah al-Zubayri | Genealogical entry; p. 45 in the cited print edition | https://shamela.ws/book/2922/43 | records Maymuna married to Abd Allah al-Akbar ibn Aqil and a son named Aqil
Ansab al-Ashraf | Ahmad ibn Yahya al-Baladhuri | Genealogical entry for the children of Aqil; pagination varies by edition | https://shamela.ws/book/9773/803 | attributes Muhammad, Ruqayya, and Umm Kulthum to Abd Allah ibn Aqil through Maymuna
Al-Muhabbar | Muhammad ibn Habib al-Baghdadi | p. 56 in the displayed edition | https://shamela.ws/book/12205/56 | records marriage to Abd Allah ibn Aqil and a later marriage to Tammam ibn al-Abbas
Lubab al-Ansab wa-l-Alqab wa-l-Aqab | Zahir al-Din al-Bayhaqi | p. 19 in the displayed edition | https://shamela.ws/book/355/19 | lists Maymuna among Ali's daughters and records marriage to Abd Allah ibn Aqil with a son named Aqil
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