Tamima bint Yusuf ibn Tashfin

Tamima bint Yusuf ibn Tashfin was an Almoravid princess, she was a woman of letters and a political leader, who contributed to the development of the Almoravid movement. (r.1060-1106) and his wife Zaynab an-Nafzawiyyah, She lived in Fez, and could recite poetry. She managed her finances herself and closely watched her employees and accountants, discussing her affairs with them to the smallest detail. One of her secretaries happened to had fallen in love with her and confessed his love to her. Tamima responded to him with a line of poetry reminding him of the class difference that separate them.