No. 6699
Khadijah
c. 564-619Asia · 564
Merchant
Khadijah was Arabian first wife of the prophet Mohammed and an eminent businesswoman in the leading Meccan tribe of Quraish, employing agents and managers and sending out caravans.
Mohammed was one of Kadijah’s agents and eventually she married him, when she was apparently 40 and he was 25. They had six children. She supported Muhammad after his first vision in about 610 and encouraged his mission wholeheartedly. Later, he had 11 more wives, but have remained faithful to her during her lifetime and always revered her memory.
