her brother was the minister and commander who was killed by ghalib and two of his commanders in the famous battle at thughur namely marwan ibn ahmad ibn shahid and yusuf ibn sa`id al`akki. she was married to yahya ibn muhammad ibn the minister yahya ibn ishaq and death overtook him while they were in the most joyful of their lives and the most delightful of their happiness. her grief over him was so great that she slept with him in one blanket on the night he died and that was the last time she saw him and met him. then grief did not leave her after him until her death.
وأخوها الوزير القائد الذي كان قتله غالب وقائدين له في الوقعة المشهورة بالثغور، وهما مروان بن أحمد بن شهيد ويوسف بن سعيد العكي ، وكانت متزوجة بيحيى بن محمد بن الوزير يحيى بن إسحاق ، فعاجلته المنية وهما في أغض عيشهما وأنضر سرورهما، فبلغ من أسفها عليه أن باتت معه في دثار واحد ليلة مات، وجعلته آخر العهد به وبوصله، ثم لم يفارقها الأسف بعده إلى حين موتها.