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- Origin: Arabic معصومة
- Meaning: “innocent; sinless.”
- Gender: feminine
- Pronunciation: MAH-soo-mah
The name is from the Arabic word meaning “innocent; sinless.” It was the sobriquet of a Shia Muslim saint by the name of Fatimah bint Musa, known as Fatimah al-Masumah (circ. 7th-century CE). She was the daughter of the seventh Twelver Shi’a Imam, Musa al-Kadhim and the sister of the eight Twelver Shia Imam, Ali al-Rida. Her shrine, which is located in Qom, Iran, is an important point of pilgrimage for many Shi’a Muslims.
The name was also borne by Masuma Sultan Begun (d. 1509), the Queen Consort of the Ferghana Valley & Samarkand & the fourth wife of Emperor Babur, founder of the Mughul Dynasty.
A variant transliteration is Massouma.
Other forms of the name include:
- Məsumə (Azeri)
- Masoumeh معصومه (Persian)
- Masume (Turkish)
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