Jijak
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Jijak () also known as Umm Ali () was a Turkic Umm Walad of al-Mu'tadid and the mother of the future caliph al-Muktafi.
==Life== Jijak Čiček ("flower" in Turkish) was a Turkic slave-girl, who was a concubine of Ahmad ibn Talha, the future caliph al-Mu'tadid. She gave birth to a son, Ali, in 877/8. After her son's birth she received the named Umm Ali, meaning mother of Ali and the name became like a common name for her.
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