What is "fatima"

Fatimah (, ) is a female given name of Arabic origin, commonly used all over the Islamic world. The colloquial Arabic pronunciation of the name often omits the unstressed second syllable and renders it as Fatma when romanized.

Fatima is also used by non-Muslims: the town of Fátima in Portugal was named after a Moorish princess. It was the site of a famous Marian apparition in 1917, after which it achieved some popularity as a female personal name among Roman Catholic populations, particularly in the Portuguese-speaking and Spanish-speaking worlds.

The surname Mǎ ( T: 馬; S: 马) is a common family name for Chinese Muslims, and is sometimes said to derive from the name Fatima.

Fatima may refer to:

Fatima Cigarettes (pronounced fa-TEE-ma) was a brand of cigarette produced in the United States by the Liggett & Myers (L&M) tobacco company. The brand dates to the 19th century, and was marketed as an exotic blend of Turkish tobaccos. The name Fatima, a common Turkish or Arabic woman's name, helped bolster the Turkish image. About 1911 it became the first cigarette brand to be sold in 20-unit packs (15 cents). Before about 1950 the package design included a stylized image of a veiled Middle Eastern woman.

Fatima may relate to:

• Fatima (1849), a wooden sailing vessel wrecked in Torres Strait in 1854.

• , a cargo vessel built in 1942 and scrapped in 1962.

Fatima is a 1938 film from the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) directed by Othniel and Joshua Wong. Written by Saeroen, it starred Roekiah, Rd Mochtar, and ET Effendi and followed two lovers who are disturbed by a rich youth. The film followed the same formula as the earlier hit Terang Boelan (Full Moon; 1937), and saw commercial success domestically. It is one of three films which Misbach Yusa Biran credits with reviving the domestic film industry, which had been faltering.

Fatima is a 2015 French drama film directed by Philippe Faucon. It was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. It won the Prix Louis-Delluc for Best Film in December 2015. It received four nominations at the 41st César Awards and won Best Film, Most Promising Actress and Best Adaptation.

Nuestra Señora de Fátima (commonly known as Fátima) is a station on the Buenos Aires Premetro. It was opened on 13 March 2000 by the Buenos Aires Underground operator Metrovías and is one of only two Premetro stations (the other being Pola) to have been opened after the original inauguration of the Premetro in 1987. The station is located in the Barrio of Villa Soldati.

In 2015 the City of Buenos Aires presented plans to refurbish the station and underwent renovation (along with the remodelling of the Intendente Saguier terminus) to serve as the model station on which all the other Premetro stations will be based once they too are renovated. The station was reopened on 23 April 2016.

Fatima (died 1246), was a senior office holder in the Mongol Empire of the thirteenth century and a favourite of empress Töregene Khatun.

Fatima was originally a Tajik or Persian captive from the Middle Eastern campaign. She was a Shiite Muslim who deported Shiite shrine of Meshed to Mongolia. In Mongolia, she became the favorite of Töregene Khatun.

In 1241, after the death of Ögedei Khan, power passed to the hands of one of his widows, Moqe, previously one of Genghis Khan's wives. IN the spring of 1242, however, Töregene Khatun assumed complete power as regent with the support of Chagatai and her sons with the title Great Khatun and replaced the ministers of Ögödei with her own. Her most important cabinet members were Fatima. Abd-ur-Rahman was put in charge of general administration in North China, while Fatima came to a very powerful position at the Mongol court. A minister post was very unusual for a woman in the 13th-century.

In 1246, Töregene's son Güyük Khan came to power, and Töregene's resigned from regency. Despite her role in ensuring Güyük's election as Khagan, the relationship between Töregene and Güyük was bad. Güyük's brother Koden accused Fatima of using witchcraft to damage his health. When Koden died a few months later, Güyük insisted that his mother hand Fatima over for execution. Töregene refused and threatened her son Güyük that she would commit suicide to spite him. Despite this, Güyük's men seized Fatima and executed her by sewing up all of her orifices and dumping her into water; Töregene's supporters in the imperial household were simultaneously purged. Within 18 months of Fatima's death, Töregene herself died under still unexplained circumstances.