Namira Salim is a Pakistani polar adventurer, astronaut and artist. She is the first Pakistani to have reached both the North Pole and the South Pole. Full Name: Namira Salim Arabic: نمیرا سلیم Born: Origin: Karachi, Pakistan. Famous for: Adventurer and Astronaut. Contributions: She is the first Pakistani to have reached both the North Pole…
She became The Sultana of Egypt in 1250, marking the end of the Ayyubid reign and the start of the Mamluk era. Full Name: Shajarat al-Durr . Arabic: شجرة الدر Other Names: Shajar al-Durr, al-Malika ʿAṣmat ad-Dīn ʾUmm-Khalīl Shajar ad-Durr Born: Died: 1257 AD. Origin: Turkic or Armenian. Famous for: The Sultana of Egypt. Contributions: …
Full Name: Mīrzā Muhammad Tāraghay bin Shāhrukh . Arabic: میرزا محمد طارق بن شاہ رخ Other Names: Ulugh Beg Born: 1394 AD. Died: 1449 AD. Origin: Sultaniyeh, Timurid Empire (now Zanjan Province, Iran). Famous for: Astronomer and Mathematician. Contributions: He built the great Ulugh Beg Observatory in Samarkand between 1424 and 1429. He built the…
Full Name: Dayfa Khatun. Persian: ضيفة خاتون Born: Died: 1242 AD. Origin: Daughter of Al-Adil, Sultan of Egypt. Famous for: She acted as regent during the minority of her grandson, which was a highly unusual position for a woman in an Islamic dynasty. Contributions: She played a major role in architectural patronage in Aleppo, being…
Full Name: Hurrem Sultan-Roxelana. Arabic: خرّم سلطان Other Names: Aleksandra Anastazja Lisowska, Haseki Hürrem Sultan or Hürrem. Born: c. 1504. Died: c. 1558. Origin: Rohatyn, Ruthenia, Kingdom of Poland (now Ukraine). Famous for: The most powerful and influential women in Ottoman history. Contributions: Hürrem Sultan is known as the first woman in Ottoman history to concern herself…
