Relevation of oppression on women and people: Arabic Language and Writing

 

In the Forgotten Queens of Islam, Fatima Mernissi navigates the very old story/untrue story that women have always been submissive to men in Islam, coming untangling a list of erased queens from different Muslim states, Indonesia, Morocco, and Yemen to name a few.
1) Asma Bint Shihab al-Sulayhiyya, Yemen, r.1047-1087
2) Arwa Bint Ahmad al-Sulayhiyya, Yemen, r.1067-1138
3) Aisha al- Hurra, Spain, r.1492
4) Zainab al Nafzawiyya, Berber, r.1061-1107
5) Sayyida al Hurra, Morocco, r.1515-1542
6) Sultan Radiyya, Delhi, r.1236-1240
7) Ghazan, Iran, r.1295-1304
  Fatima Mernissi shows many Muslim women who held political power over states, from either gaining their power or earning it through very careful and dishonest means. These women were far from submissive, they were equal, high-reaching, and powerful.
Melnisi divides the "forgotten queen of Islam" into three parts. Queens and prostitutes; Islam and the independent power (of a country) of Arab Queens. She first introduces how queens were chosen and how they were officiated, through a khutbah (speech) preached, and a coin produced (coins) in their name. She explores the history of conflict and differences between Shiites and Sunnites and then gives the reader a summary of the Arab queens of Yemen, Asma, and Arwa.
These are the queens that are forgotten, hanging in the edge/edges of our vision and yet never our full focus. These are women who were born or received queendom, daughters, wives, and sisters who gained power. But there are others like Khayzuran or Subh who earned their place as queen by using their status as jawari (a total (of everything or everyone) of (women who live with, and sleep with, men who may already be married), an amazing (or: single) being a jarya), their knowledge, and culture to gain favor with their kings. Though they were slaves, they reached the heights of power, as regent and queen.
Many of the queens above were fair and just rulers. But what is more surprising is that when they co-ruled with their (husband or wife) s, they were always treated as equals and showed their sons and heirs the value in such (a state where all things are equal).
There is a fear of falling into the hidden trap of (making beautiful) these women. This is completely and totally not what I want. There have been many powerful female figures in history but they're not all perfect, they're human. But this list of names gathered from Mernissi's The Forgotten Queens of Islam shows that women can be players in the same game of politics as men.