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We can now calculate the mean age of 14 of Muhammad’s wives at the time he married them.
We can now calculate the mean age of 14 of Muhammad’s wives at the time he married them.


{{Quote||#Khadijah’s Median Age = 26 years and 10 months.
:::#Khadijah’s Median Age = 26 years and 10 months.
#Sawdah’s Approximate Age = 40 years.
:::#Sawdah’s Approximate Age = 40 years.
#Aisha’s Median Age = 9 years and 3 months.
:::#Aisha’s Median Age = 9 years and 3 months.
#Hafsah’s Median Age = 19 years and 6 months.
:::#Hafsah’s Median Age = 19 years and 6 months.
#Zaynab bint Khuzayma’s Median Age = 28 years and 4 months.
:::#Zaynab bint Khuzayma’s Median Age = 28 years and 4 months.
#Hind’s Median Age = 28 years and 6 months.
:::#Hind’s Median Age = 28 years and 6 months.
#Zaynab bint Jahsh’s Median Age = 37 years and 2 months.
:::#Zaynab bint Jahsh’s Median Age = 37 years and 2 months.
#Juwayiriyah’s Median Age = 20 years and 0 months.
:::#Juwayiriyah’s Median Age = 20 years and 0 months.
#Ramlah’s Median Age = 34 years and 7 months
:::#Ramlah’s Median Age = 34 years and 7 months
#Safiyah’s Age = 16 years and 6 months.
:::#Safiyah’s Age = 16 years and 6 months.
#Maymunah’s Median Age = 35 years and 2 months.
:::#Maymunah’s Median Age = 35 years and 2 months.
#Mulaykah’s Approximate Age = 13 years.
:::#Mulaykah’s Approximate Age = 13 years.
#Asma’s Maximum Age = 20 years.
:::#Asma’s Maximum Age = 20 years.
#Amrah’s Approximate Age = about 15 years.
:::#Amrah’s Approximate Age = about 15 years.
Total Years = 343 years and 10 months.
:::Total Years = 343 years and 10 months.
Mean Age of Muhammad’s Brides = '''24.56 years'''}}
:::Mean Age of Muhammad’s Brides = '''24.56 years'''


The mean age of Muhammad’s brides was about 24½ years. Even by Arab standards, a woman of 24 was not quite “middle-aged”.
The mean age of Muhammad’s brides was about '''24½ years'''. Even by Arab standards, a woman of 24 was not quite “middle-aged”.


===How Old was Muhammad when he Married?===
===How Old was Muhammad when he Married?===