Rasad

This article is about the 11th-century mother of a ruler of Egypt. For the Iranian Satellite, see Rasad 1.
Rasad
BornUnknown date
Diedafter 1078
Cairo, Egypt
Consort ofAl-Zahir li-i'zaz Din Allah
ChildrenAl-Mustansir Billah
Names
Malika Rasad Umm Ma'ad

Rasad (Arabic: رصد, lit. 'Talisman';[1] fl. 1044–1078) was a slave concubine who, as the queen-mother of the Fatimid caliph al-Mustansir Billah, became the virtual regent of Egypt between 1044 and 1071.[2][3] The name Rasad literally means "observed".[4]

  1. ^ Halm 2015, p. 101.
  2. ^ Cortese & Calderini 2006.
  3. ^ Candido, Mariana P. (2020-03-31), "Women and Slavery in Africa", Oxford Research Encyclopedia of African History, doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190277734.013.466, ISBN 978-0-19-027773-4, retrieved 2023-07-18
  4. ^ El-Azhari, Taef (2021). Queens, Eunuchs, and Concubines in Islamic History, 661-1257 (PDF). Edinburgh University Press. pp. 196–252. ISBN 9781474423199. Retrieved 22 March 2022.