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Sayyida al-Hurra, Moroccan Queen

2026-08-17 · 36 min · 20 entities

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    Link in episode "Sayyida al-Hurra, Moroccan Queen": https://jstor.org/stable/3593222
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    Link in episode "Sayyida al-Hurra, Moroccan Queen": https://britannica.com/biography/Barbarossa.
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    Link in episode "Sayyida al-Hurra, Moroccan Queen": https://britannica.com/story/from-pirate-to-admiral-the-tale-of-barbarossa.
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    Link in episode "Sayyida al-Hurra, Moroccan Queen": https://medievalists.net/2022/08/pirate-queen-mediterranean-al-sayyida-al-hurra
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    Link in episode "Sayyida al-Hurra, Moroccan Queen": https://news.ku.edu/news/article/researcher-reclaims-16th-century-moroccan-woman-leader-from-obscurity
  • → references Malika Vi Sayyida Al Hurra person
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    Link in episode "Sayyida al-Hurra, Moroccan Queen": https://aramcoworld.com/articles/2017/malika-vi-sayyida-al-hurra
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    Link in episode "Sayyida al-Hurra, Moroccan Queen": https://qaronline.org/blog/2020-05-25/pirate-profile-sayyida-al-hurra

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    Link in episode "Sayyida al-Hurra, Moroccan Queen": https://jstor.org/stable/41850741
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    Link in episode "Sayyida al-Hurra, Moroccan Queen": https://medievalists.net/2022/08/pirate-queen-mediterranean-al-sayyida-al-hurra
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    Link in episode "Sayyida al-Hurra, Moroccan Queen": https://news.ku.edu/news/article/researcher-reclaims-16th-century-moroccan-woman-leader-from-obscurity
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    Link in episode "Sayyida al-Hurra, Moroccan Queen": https://medievalists.net/2022/08/pirate-queen-mediterranean-al-sayyida-al-hurra
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    Link in episode "Sayyida al-Hurra, Moroccan Queen": https://news.ku.edu/news/article/researcher-reclaims-16th-century-moroccan-woman-leader-from-obscurity

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  • mentioned Barbarossa concept
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    Link in episode "Sayyida al-Hurra, Moroccan Queen": https://britannica.com/biography/Barbarossa.
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    Link in episode "Sayyida al-Hurra, Moroccan Queen": https://britannica.com/story/from-pirate-to-admiral-the-tale-of-barbarossa.
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    Link in episode "Sayyida al-Hurra, Moroccan Queen": https://britannica.com/biography/Barbarossa.
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    Link in episode "Sayyida al-Hurra, Moroccan Queen": https://britannica.com/story/from-pirate-to-admiral-the-tale-of-barbarossa.
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  • mentioned Malika Vi Sayyida Al Hurra person
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    Link in episode "Sayyida al-Hurra, Moroccan Queen": https://aramcoworld.com/articles/2017/malika-vi-sayyida-al-hurra
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    Link in episode "Sayyida al-Hurra, Moroccan Queen": https://qaronline.org/blog/2020-05-25/pirate-profile-sayyida-al-hurra
  • references Malika Vi Sayyida Al Hurra person
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    Link in episode "Sayyida al-Hurra, Moroccan Queen": https://aramcoworld.com/articles/2017/malika-vi-sayyida-al-hurra
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    Link in episode "Sayyida al-Hurra, Moroccan Queen": https://qaronline.org/blog/2020-05-25/pirate-profile-sayyida-al-hurra

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Episode description as stored
A lot of European accounts of Sayyida al-Hurra’s life characterize her as a pirate, but that really isn't accurate. She was a a leader of a city-state and a queen of a sultanate. Research: Ali, Adam. “The Pirate Queen of the Mediterranean: The Story of Al-Sayyida al-Hurra.” Medievalists.net. https://www.medievalists.net/2022/08/pirate-queen-mediterranean-al-sayyida-al-hurra/ Britannica Editors. "Barbarossa". Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 Jan. 2026, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Barbarossa. Accessed 29 July 2026. El Haimeur, A. (2024). Sayyida Alhurra: A forgotten North African queen and war leader: A forgotten North African queen and war leader. Africana Annual, 1(1), 44-60. https://doi.org/10.17161/africana.v1i1.19207 Hellman, Rick. “Researcher reclaims 16th century Moroccan woman leader from obscurity.” University of Kansas. 4/17/2024. https://news.ku.edu/news/article/researcher-reclaims-16th-century-moroccan-woman-leader-from-obscurity Lebbady, “Women in Northern Morocco: Between the Documentary and the Imaginary.” Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics, No. 32. 2012. Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41850741 Mourtada-Sabbah, Nada and Adrian Gully. “'I Am, by God, Fit for High Positions': On the Political Role of Women in al-Andalus.” British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies , Nov., 2003, Vol. 30, No. 2 (Nov., 2003). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3593222 Rafferty, John P.. "From Pirate to Admiral: The Tale of Barbarossa". Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Jun. 2025, https://www.britannica.com/story/from-pirate-to-admiral-the-tale-of-barbarossa. Accessed 29 July 2026. Sparkes, Jason Idriss. “Sayyida al‑Hurra: An Early Modern Decolonial Muslim Exemplar.” Religions 16: 1362. 2025. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel16111362 Verde, Tom. “Malika VI: Sayyida Al-Hurra.” AramcoWorld. 1/4/2017. https://www.aramcoworld.com/articles/2017/malika-vi-sayyida-al-hurra Williams, Terry. “Pirate Profile: Sayyida al-Hurra.” Queen Anne’s Revenge Project. 5/25/2020. https://www.qaronline.org/blog/2020-05-25/pirate-profile-sayyida-al-hurra See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.