GRANDMOTHER

Arabic jaddah ( جدة‎ ). If the mother of an infant die, the right ḥiẓānah , or guardianship, rests with the maternal grandmother in preference to the paternal; but if she be not living, the paternal grandmother has the right prior to any other relation. The paternal grandmother is also entitled to a sixth of the effects of a child of her son, if the child’s mother be dead, as being the mother’s share. ( Hidāyah , vol. i. p. 386.)