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Dayfa Khatun
Dayfa Khatun was an Ayyubid princess, daughter of al-Adil I and niece of Saladin, who married al-Zahir Ghazi, ruler of Aleppo. After the death of her son al-Aziz Muhammad in 1236 she governed Aleppo as regent for her grandson al-Nasir Yusuf until 1242, one of the few women to rule in medieval Syria. She founded the Firdaws madrasa.
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