Mujeres y poder en el islam. II: La Reina Libre ṣulayḥí al-Sayyida (Arwà) bint Aḥmad (440-532/1048-9-1138)

Authors

  • Eva Chaves Hernández

Keywords:

Al-Sayyida bint Ahmad, Arab women, 11th century, 12th century

Abstract

Study and biography of the Free Queen al-Sayyida bint Ah mad, of the Sulayhid dynasty from Yemen. Al-Sayyida al- Hurra was an important political figure of her time and she played a special role in the history of Yemen and the Ismaelism, and above all she was the founder of the tayyibi Ismaelism, the new religious order. She didn’t stand out just as an influential ruler and Arabic and Muslim woman during the Middle Ages, but also as a historical example of feminine Muslim leadership, when the Fatimid imam al-Munstansir appointed her as as huyya of Yemen. Al-Sayyida was forerunner of great social and architectural works and her government entailed a period of splendour in the medieval Yemen.

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Published

2008-01-07

How to Cite

Chaves Hernández, E. (2008). Mujeres y poder en el islam. II: La Reina Libre ṣulayḥí al-Sayyida (Arwà) bint Aḥmad (440-532/1048-9-1138). Miscelánea De Estudios Árabes Y Hebraicos. Sección Árabe-Islam, 57, 3–50. Retrieved from https://revistaseug.ugr.es/index.php/meaharabe/article/view/14309

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Vol. 57 (2008)

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