Zaynab an-Nafzawiyyah
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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]
زينب النفزاوية Zaynab an-Nafzawiyyah | |
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Died | c. 1072 |
Spouse | Luqūt al-Maghrāwi (m. ??; died 1058)[1] Abu-Bakr Ibn-Umar (m. 1068; div. 1071) Yusuf ibn Tashfin (m. 1071) |
Issue | Ali ibn Yusuf Tamima bint Yusuf |
Father | Ibrāhīm an-Nafzāwi |
Religion | Sunni Islam |
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]