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Aisha al-Hurra (some historiographers have found evidence indicating her name may have been Fatima although Aisha remains the more accepted view) was
Sultana Khadija was one of the three sultanas who reigned in the Maldives during the Medieval period. One of the great sources for her life is the nea
Al-Khayzuran was kidnapped as girl from her home by Bedouins and was subsequently raised a slave in the Abbasid court and was put in the household of
Malika Tindu was a member of the Mongol Jallarid dynasty and initially enters the historical scene as the beautiful daughter of King Awis. With the Mo
Sitt al-Mulk became one of the most prominent women rulers of the Fatimid Empire, widely written about it in contemporary chronicles, after the disapp
