Title: Sayyida al-Hurra Content: Sayyida al-Hurra (Arabic: السيدة الحرة‎), real name Lalla Aicha bint Ali ibn Rashid al-Alami, Hakimat Titwan (Arabic: عائشة بنت علي بن رشيد العلمي‎) (1485 – 14 July 1561) was a pirate queen. == Biography == Al-Hurra lived in the early 1500’s. She managed to control the Western half of the Mediterranean for well over 30 years. She was born into a wealthy Muslim family. Her birth name was believed to be Aicha."Pirate Profile: Sayyida al Hurra | Queen Anne's Revenge Project". www.qaronline.org. Retrieved 2021-12-18. Her family was chased out of Granada to Morocco during the Spanish Reconquista."Sayyida al- Hurra". WISE Muslim Women. 2010-01-12. Retrieved 2021-12-16."Pirate Profile: Sayyida al Hurra | Queen Anne's Revenge Project". www.qaronline.org. Retrieved 2021-12-18. She and her family then settled in Tetouán."Pirate Profile: Sayyida al Hurra | Queen Anne's Revenge Project". www.qaronline.org. Retrieved 2021-12-18. Her first husband was the Sultan Al-Mandri."Pirate Profile: Sayyida al Hurra | Queen Anne's Revenge Project". www.qaronline.org. Retrieved 2021-12-18. She had herself immediately named governer of Tetouán, after he died. She was bestowed the title Al-Hurra."Pirate Profile: Sayyida al Hurra | Queen Anne's Revenge Project". www.qaronline.org. Retrieved 2021-12-18. This was a symbol of respect and power."Pirate Profile: Sayyida al Hurra | Queen Anne's Revenge Project". www.qaronline.org. Retrieved 2021-12-18. She then married the King of Morocco. This was the only time in Islamic history a king traveled outside his country for his wedding. Spain and Portugal were worried about this. It seemed like a threat, as this alliance would be extremely strong. Iberians attacked Al-Hurra’s land."Pirate Profile: Sayyida al Hurra | Queen Anne's Revenge Project". www.qaronline.org. Retrieved 2021-12-18. She became a pirate to defend her country and stop them."Sayyida al-Hurra". WISE Muslim Women. 2010-01-12. Retrieved 2021-12-16."Pirate Profile: Sayyida al Hurra | Queen Anne's Revenge Project". www.qaronline.org. Retrieved 2021-12-18. She made an alliance with the dreaded pirate Barabarossa, or Red Beard."Pirate Profile: Sayyida al Hurra | Queen Anne's Revenge Project". www.qaronline.org. Retrieved 2021-12-18. He used his fleet to ferry refugees away from the fighting."Pirate Profile: Sayyida al Hurra | Queen Anne's Revenge Project". www.qaronline.org. Retrieved 2021-12-18. "Malika VI: Sayyida Al-Hurra". AramcoWorld. Retrieved 29 January 2018. Al-Hurra terrorized Spanish and Portuguese ships. She became known and feared across the Mediterranean. She was known for taking hostages and being extremely merciless."Pirate Profile: Sayyida al Hurra | Queen Anne's Revenge Project". www.qaronline.org. Retrieved 2021-12-18. The Spanish feared her and prayed for a miracle. The Portuguese “prayed for God to allow them to see her hanged from a ship’s mast”.Foster, S. (2020, Mar). Brave and bold? believe it! New Moon Girls, 27, 16-17. She was categorized as aggressive and bad-tempered."Malika VI: Sayyida Al-Hurra". AramcoWorld. Retrieved 29 January 2018. Al-Hurra became one of the richer pirates of her time. She still managed to maintain a consistent alliance with Red Beard."Pirate Profile: Sayyida al Hurra | Queen Anne's Revenge Project". www.qaronline.org. Retrieved 2021-12-18. Her demise came after over 30 years of sailing."Pirate Profile: Sayyida al Hurra | Queen Anne's Revenge Project". www.qaronline.org. Retrieved 2021-12-18. Her son-in- law usurped her power and throne."Pirate Profile: Sayyida al Hurra | Queen Anne's Revenge Project". www.qaronline.org. Retrieved 2021-12-18. He also stole her wealth. She lived in her childhood home in Morocco until her death."Pirate Profile: Sayyida al Hurra | Queen Anne's Revenge Project". www.qaronline.org. Retrieved 2021-12-18. She died at age 75."Pirate Profile: Sayyida al Hurra | Queen Anne's Revenge Project". www.qaronline.org. Retrieved 2021-12-18. Sayyida Al-Hurra’s legacy lives on today. In European writing she is known as the fearsome Pirate Queen of the Mediterranean."Pirate Profile: Sayyida al Hurra | Queen Anne's Revenge Project". www.qaronline.org. Retrieved 2021-12-18.