Zaynab an-Nafzawiyyah

زينب النفزاوية
Zaynab an-Nafzawiyyah
Diedc. 1072
SpouseLuqūt al-Maghrāwi (m. ??; died 1058)[1]
Abu-Bakr Ibn-Umar (m. 1068; div. 1071)
Yusuf ibn Tashfin (m. 1071)
IssueAli ibn Yusuf
Tamima bint Yusuf
FatherIbrāhīm an-Nafzāwi
ReligionSunni Islam

Zaynab an-Nafzāwiyyah (Arabic: زينب النفزاوية, in Tamazight: Zinb Tanefzawt) (d. 1072),[2] was a Berber woman of influence in the early days of the Almoravid Berber empire which gained control of Morocco, western-Algeria, modern-day Mauritania and Al-Andalus.[3]

She was married to Yusuf ibn Tashfin (r. 1061-1107) and reportedly his de facto co-ruler. She was one of the wives of Berber kings given the title of malika (queen), which was not a given thing for the wives of Muslim monarchs, and called al-qa'ima bi mulkihi ('literally: the one in charge of her husband's mulk'), referring to her participation in the state affairs during the reign of her spouse.[4] Though the khutba was never issued in her name, she was recognized to share the power of her spouse.[4]

  1. ^ "فصل: دولة المرابطين من لمتونة|نداء الإيمان". www.al-eman.com. Retrieved 2022-01-19. and they invaded during the year 450, then they invaded Tadla, ... its kings were killed with them... ibn Yusuf al-Maghrawi, the owner of Aghmat.
  2. ^ Glacier, Osire (2012). "Zaynab, al-Nafzawiyya (d. 1072)". In Akyeampong, Emmanuel Kwaku; Gates, Henry Louis (eds.). Dictionary of African Biography. Vol. 6. Oxford University Press. p. 232. ISBN 9780195382075.
  3. ^ Lebbady, Hasna; Hilali, Hiam El (2020). "al-Nafzaouiya, Zaynab". Oxford Research Encyclopedia of African History. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190277734.013.467. ISBN 9780190277734. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  4. ^ a b Mernissi, Fatima; Mary Jo Lakeland (2003). The forgotten queens of Islam. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-579868-5.