Arwa al-Sulayhi

Arwa bint Ahmad (Arabic أروى بنت أحمد, Arwa bint Ahmad DMG, * 1050, † 1138 ) - as- Saiyida al - Hurrah ( السيدة الحرة, DMG as- saiyida al -Hurra, the free [ independent, noble ] mistress ') - was a famous Yemeni queen ( malika ) from the Muslim dynasty of Sulaihiden ( 1086-1138 ).

Arwa bint Ahmad was the wife of al - Mukarram Ahmad (1069-1086), the descendant and successor of ruler sulayhidischen Ali al - Sulaihi ( 1047-1067 ). As a dowry she received from her husband, the city of Aden. The income of this city flowed to her. The marriage has produced four children. After the death of her husband she continued the dynasty of Sulaihiden. Arwa is next to the legendary Queen of Sheba, the only known regent in Yemen. She took over 1074-1086 - which is not historically documented einwandlos - the affairs of state. She distinguished herself as a very energetic regent, with the Nadschahiden in the Tihama claimed the limits of their empire in the fighting. Under it the capital of the Sulaihiden from Sanaa to Dhu Dschibla ( You Ǧibla ) was moved from where a glorious era was initiated. Lack of live offspring died with the death of Arwa bint Ahmad ( in 1138 at the age of 88 years and fifty years of reign ) the dynasty of Sulaihiden 1138.

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