Zaynab an-Nafzawiyyah
Zaynab an-Nafzāwiyyah (Arabic: زينب النفزاوية, in Tamazight: Zinb Tanefzawt) (d. 1072), 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.
زينب النفزاوية Zaynab an-Nafzawiyyah | |
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Died | c. 1072 |
Spouse | Luqūt al-Maghrāwi (m. ??; died 1058) 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. Though the khutba was never issued in her name, she was recognized to share the power of her spouse.