Amina (Died c. 576)

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Amina (Died c. 576)

Mother of Muhammad. Fl. around 550; lived in Makkah; of the Quraish, then the ruling tribe of Mecca; m. Abd Allah (died c. 569); children: Muhammad (the prophet, b. c. 570).

Died when her son was 6.

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