		Arab Queens: Zenobia, Queen Rania of Jordan, Queen Noor of Jordan, Mavia, Arwa Al-Sulayhi, Yatie, Zabibe Paperback. Books LLC 2010-05-03. ISBN 9781155421681
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Zenobia, Queen Rania of Jordan, Queen Noor of Jordan, Mavia, Arwa Al-Sulayhi, Yatie, Zabibe, Samsi. Excerpt: Arwa bint Ahmad bin Muhammed bin Al-Qasim al-Sulayhi also known as Sayyida Hurra and the Little Queen of Sheba was the ruler, first through her two husbands and then alone, of Yemen for over 50 years, from 1067 until her death in 1138. She was the greatest of the rulers of the Sulayhid Dynasty and was also the first woman to be accorded the prestigious title of hujja in Isma'ili branch of Shi'a Islam . Early life She was born in 1048 in Haraz, which was the heartland of Isma ilism in Yemen. She was the niece of the then ruler of Yemen, Ali al-Suleihi. Orphaned at a young age she was brought up in the palace at Sana'a under the tutorship of the formidable Asma al-Suleihi, co-ruler with, and wife of, Ali al-Suleihi. In 1066, at the age of 17 she married her cousin Ahmad al-Mukarram al-Suleihi, the city of Aden as her dowry . She is said by the chroniclers of her time to be brave, devout and have an independent character. She was also seen as highly intelligent and well learned, having a great memory for poems, stories and historical events. She was very knowledgeable on the sciences of the Qur'an and the hadith . The chroniclers also mention her as being extremely beautiful. Saeeda Al Hura was a nobleman's daughter who became a private having fled the heresy laws of Europe. She was a European Muslim but under heresy laws Europeans Muslim suffered horrific torments many were killed, other became Christian but those who fled kept alive their rebellion and hoped one day to return to their home land. One of these rebels was called Saeeda al hura. Early Rule as Queen Following the death of Ali al-Sulayhi in 1067 Arwa's husband Ahmad became the de jure ruler of Yemen, but he was

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