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>>Correction Fatima Zahra, daughter of prophet Muhammad and wife of the 4th Caliph of Islam Ali.<< Yes, that is who the wife that converted was named for. From Wikipedia... >>Fátima (pron. IPA ['fatimɐ]) is a city in Portugal famous for the religious visions that are said to have taken place there in 1917. Fátima is a city of approximately 10,000 inhabitants located in the district of Santarém in central Portugal, 187 km south of Porto and 123 km north of Lisbon. Fátima is a parish (freguesia) in the municipality of Ourém. The name of the city (formerly a small village) comes from the Arabic Fatima, and derives from a local Muslim princess named Fatima who, following her capture by Christian forces during the Moorish occupation of Portugal, was betrothed to the Count of Ourem, converted to Catholicism, and was baptised before marrying the Count in 1158. Her baptismal name was Oureana (Oriana). The name of the town Ourém derives from Oureana.<<