Zubaidah bint Ja`far, Abbasid Princess

Zubaidah bint Ja'far

Abbasid princess and Harun al-Rashid's Wife

Zubaidah bint Ja`far ibn al-Mansur was the best known of the Abbasid princesses, and the wife and double cousin of Harun al-Rashid. She is particularly remembered for the series of wells, reservoirs and artificial pools that provided water for Muslim pilgrims along the route…