Rasad
Slave concubine of Ali az-Zahir / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the 11th-century mother of a ruler of Egypt. For the Iranian Satellite, see Rasad 1.
Rasad (fl. 1044–1078) was a slave concubine who, as the queen-mother of the Fatimid caliph al-Mustansir Billah, became the virtual regent of Egypt between 1044 and 1071.[1][2] The name Rasad literally means "observed".[3]
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Born | Unknown date | ||||
Died | after 1078 Cairo, Egypt | ||||
Consort of | Al-Zahir li-i'zaz Din Allah | ||||
Children | Al-Mustansir Billah | ||||
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