Arab queens

biblical figure

Queen Consort of Jordan

Queen and Queen Dowager of Jordan; philanthropist and activist

Queen Consort of Jordan (1972-1977)

Queen consort of Jordan (1916–1994)

Queen Consort of Jordan

Mawiyya (from , in ), also transliterated Mawia, Mawai, or Mawaiy, and sometimes referred to as Mavia of Tanukh) was an Arab queen, who ruled over the Tanukhids, a confederation of semi-nomadic Arabs, in southern Syria, in the latter half of the fourth century. She led her troops in a rebellion against Valens, riding at the head of her army into Phoenicia and Palestine. After she reached the frontiers of Egypt and repeatedly defeated the Roman army, the Romans finally made a truce with her on conditions she stipulated. Following her victory, Mawiyya was powerful enough to be able to dictate t

Queen consort of Iraq (1911-1950)

Yemeni queen and ruler (c. 1048–1138)

Arabian princess (1884–1935)

Saudi royal, education activist and wife of King Faisal (1916–2000)

Queen consort of Jordan (1884–1961)

Šamsi (Old Arabic: ; ) was an Arab queen who reigned in the Ancient Near East, in the 8th century BCE. She succeeded Queen Zabibe (Arabic meaning "Raisin"). Tiglath-Pileser III, son of Ashur-nirari V and king of Assyria, was the first foreign ruler to bring the Arabs under his control. When Šamsi rebelled against him by joining an alliance forged by Rakhianu of Damascus, Pileser attacked and defeated Samsi, made her and her alliance partners surrender, and pay a tribute to remain in power. She ruled for 20 years and her successor was Queen Iatie, in about 700 BC.

Zabibe (also transliterated Zabibi, Zabiba, Zabibah; Zabibê) was a queen of Qedar who reigned for five years between 738 and 733 BC. She was a vassal of Tiglath-Pileser III, king of Assyria, and is mentioned in the Annals of Tiglath-Pileser III among a list of monarchs who paid tribute to the king in 738 BC. The title accorded her is queen of the Aribi (Arabs). Israel Eph'al argues that, until the time of Assurbanipal, the title "king or queen of the Arabs" in Assyrian manuscripts was a general one accorded to leaders of the nomadic Bedouin tribes of the Syrian desert. So, he infers that Zabib

Queen consort in Yemen

Tabūʿa (Old Arabic: ; ) was a queen regnant of the Nomadic Arab tribes of Qedar. She ruled in the 7th century BC, circa 675 BC. She succeeded queen Te'el-hunu.

Teʾelḫunu (), also spelled Telkhunu, was a queen regnant of the Nomadic Arab tribes of Qedar who ruled in the 7th century BC, circa 690 BC. She succeeded Yatie and was succeeded by queen Tabua.

Yaṯiʿe (Old Arabic: ; ), also spelled Iatie, was a queen of the Nomadic Arab tribes of Qedar who ruled in the 8th century BC, circa 730 BC.