Muzna
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Muzna (died 968) was a concubine. She was the mother of Abd al-Rahman III.
Her name means "Rain Cloud" in Andalusian Arabic.[1]
Life
She was a woman of the harem of the Emir of Cordoba, the concubine of Prince Muhammad and the mother of Caliph Abd al-Rahman III,[2] which confers the title of umm Walad, which is that carried by the mother of the royal children.
She was of Basque origin, Frankish according to André Clot.[3] She was initially Christian before her conversion to Islam.[4][5] She was the granddaughter of Fortún Garcés of Pamplona, from the royal family of Navarre, the Arista.[6] She died in 968.[7]
