Sajah
Sajah bint Al-Harith ibn Suwayd al-Tamimi (Arabic: سجاح بنت الحارث بن سويد التميمى, fl. 630s CE) from the tribe of Banu Taghlib, was an Arab Christian protected first by her tribe; then causing a split within the Arab tribes and finally defended by Banu Hanifa. Sajah was one of a series of people (including her future husband) who claimed prophethood in the 7th-century Arabia and was also the only female claiming to be a prophetess during the Wars of Apostasy in the early Islamic Period.
Sajah | |
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| Born | Unknown |
| Died | after 661 CE |
| Known for | Being part of Wars of Apostasy |
| Spouse | Musaylimah |
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