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Shagaret el-Dor:
The Last Queen of Egypt
By Priscilla Adum
Introduction
Everyone has heard of Nefertiti, Cleopatra, and Hatshepsut. But very few people have heard of another Egyptian queen named Shagaret El Dor (which means "Tree of Pearls" in Arabic). Sometimes her name is spelled as "Shajar al-Durr". She was the only woman to ever rule Egypt alone during the Islamic period. Shagaret el dor biography of williamIt was in fact Shagaret El Dor, not Cleopatra, who was the last woman to ever sit on the throne of Egypt. Though her reign was short, lasting only 80 days, it was fascinating and filled with intrigue, jealousy and murder. ABOUT THE PHOTO: This sketch of Shagaret el Dor was scanned from a 1966 Lebanese book titled Saladin: The Story of the Conflict Between East and West During the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries AD. |
Her Early Years
Shagaret El Dor's origin is uncertain. Some say she was Turkish, others say she |