Sirin bint Shamun
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Sīrīn bint Shamʿūn (Arabic: سيرين بنت شمعون) was an Egyptian Coptic Christian concubine, sent with her sister Maria al-Qibtiyya as gifts to the Islamic prophet Muhammad by the Egyptian official Muqawqis in 628.[1]
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Religion | Islam |
Spouse | Hassan ibn Thabit |
Children | Abdurahman ibn Hassan |
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Era | Early Islamic era |
Relatives | Maria al-Qibtiyya (sister) |
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According to the historian Ibn Saad, both sisters converted to Islam while on their way to Arabia with the encouragement of Hatib ibn Abi Balta'ah, who had been sent as a messenger to a governor of Egypt.[2]
Sirin was married to the poet Hassan ibn Thabit, and bore a son, Abdurahman ibn Hassan.[3]