Hamidah Khatun

Hamidah Khātūn ( _ar. ‎همده خاتون) was wife of the Shī‘ah Imām, Ja‘far aṣ-Ṣādiq, and mother of both Mūsá al-Kāżim (the Twelver Imām-designate) and of Isma'il ibn Jafar (the Ismaili Imām-designate).

Originally a slave of African origin, she was freed by Ja‘far aṣ-Ṣādiq after he purchased her.

Ja‘far aṣ-Ṣādiq trained her as an Islamic scholar and she was revered by the Shī‘ah, especially by women, for her wisdom.