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Bilqis, Queen of Sheba

بلقيس

The queen of Sheba in the Islamic narrative; the Qur'an does not name her, while the historians name her Bilqis daughter of al-Hadhad, recounting her reign and her encounter with Sulayman 1.

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Era
Pre-Islamic Arabia
Region
Arabia
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Prophets

Overview

The queen of Sheba in the Islamic narrative; the historians name her Bilqis daughter of al-Hadhad — the Qur'an leaves her unnamed — recounting her reign and her encounter with Sulayman 1.

In the sources

Al-Mas'udi says she ruled after Tubba' the First, that her reign lasted a hundred and twenty years, and that her affair with Sulayman was as God related 1; al-Tha'labi recounts her story among the prophets' tales 2.

People and things also explored

Abraham and the one who argued with him about his Lord· al-Amin, the Trustworthy (the Prophet's title before his mission)· Delivery of the message and the limit of the Prophet's charge· Raising the foundations of the House: who built the Ka'ba· The religious bequest: submission until death· Badr as a sign and a lesson· Belief in the messengers without distinction· The completion of the final message of earlier ones

Sources

  1. Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi
  2. Tha'labi, Qisas al-Anbiya' (edition under OCR, not yet verified)
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islam.museum contributors. “Bilqis, Queen of Sheba”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/bilqis/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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Abraham and the one who argued with him about his Lord

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