Zeb-un-Nissa
Mughal princess and poet
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Aisha
Spanish poet circa 1000 CE
Umm Zaynab Fatima
Egyptian social and religious leader
Huda Sha’arawi
Pioneering Egyptian feminist leader and nationalist who founded the Egyptian Feminist Union in 1923, becoming a central figure in Egypt’s early feminist movement.
Hazrat Babajan
Pashtun Muslim saint, considered by her followers to be a Sadguru (”true guru”) or Qutub (in Sufism, the perfect human being, a spiritual leader who has a divine connection with God and passes knowledge on).
Aisha bint Abi Bakr
Wife of Muhammad
Hazrat Mahal
Begum of Awadh, regent 1857–1858, known for leading a rebellion against the British East India Company during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
Ismat Chughtai
Indian Urdu writer known for novels, short stories, and films.
Bibi Titi Mohammed
Prominent Tanzanian political figure and activist in the struggle for independence
Moza bint Ahmad
Moza bint Ahmad was an important political figure during the reigns of her two nephews, Salim bin Sultan and Said bin Sultan in 1800s Oman