QUEEN ELIZABETH II
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
Writer Abdelhamid Al-Aouni, who wrote the Moroccan article, states: "It builds a bridge between our two religions and kingdoms"
It is thought that the Queen could be a descendant of a Muslim princess called Zaida, who was forced to flee her home town of Seville and eventually converted to Christianity.
According to My London, Zaida was believed to be part of the ruling Abbasid Dynasty, which was founded in 1023 by Abu al-Qasim Muhammad ibn Abbas, a known descendant of Prophet Muhammad. Zaida is said to have converted to Christianity after supposedly becoming a concubine of King Alfonso VI of Castile and together they had a son called Sancho.
It is said that a descendant of Zaida later married the Earl of Cambridge - a direct ancestor of the Queen.
These findings were also published in 1986 by royal genealogy experts (Burke’s Peerage)
However, ever since the claim was first published, it has been disputed by other experts who disagree with a lot of the details with some claiming Zaida's background is 'debatable'.
Abdelhamid Al-Aouni, the historian who penned the article for Al-Ousboue, believes there was a connection, too. Using Zaida as his lynchpin, he traced Elizabeth’s genealogy back 43 generations all the way to Muhammad. The purported connection “builds a bridge between our two religions and kingdoms,” he tells The Economist.
But was Brooks-Baker right to begin with? The royal authority was known for his media savvy and often tussled with the royal family, making comments that they claimed had no basis in reality. “His great advantage for journalists was that he was always available to make an arresting comment,” wrote The Telegraph in his 2005 obituary; “his disadvantage was that he was often wrong.”
Nevertheless, the supposed link between the British royal family and the founder of Islam has been welcomed by people like Ali Gomaa, an Islamic scholar and 18th Grand Mufti of Egypt. He noted the connection and wished Elizabeth blessings and peace, reports Al Ousboue.
“That’s a well-meaning interfaith spin,” says Lesley Hazleton, a journalist and author who has written several books about early Islam, but “it’s clickbait.” Hazelton views the preponderance of this rumor as “a reaction to the demonization of Islam in the West, especially in the United States.” It reveals, she says, a hope that Elizabeth might lend “respectability” to a major world religion.
That said, Hazleton can’t stop laughing at the idea of a legitimate connection between Queen Elizabeth and the Prophet Muhammad. “If you go back far enough, you can find some kind of third cousin 99 times removed for anybody in the world,” she says.
GENEALOGY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II
Elizabeth II, Queen of the UK - daughter of
George VI, King of the UK - son of
George V, King of the UK - son of
Edward VII, King of the UK - son of
Victoria, Queen of the UK - daughter of
Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn - son of George III, King of Great Britain - son of Frederick, Prince of Wales - son of George II, King of Great Britain - son of George I, King of Great Britain - son of Sophia, Electress of Hanover - daughter of Elizabeth of Bohemia - daughter of James I/VI, King of England, Ireland & Scotland - son of
Mary, Queen of Scots - daughter of
James V, King of Scots - son of
Margaret Tudor - daughter of
Elizabeth of York - daughter of
Edward IV, King of England - son of
Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York - son of Richard of Conisburgh, Earl of Cambridge - son of Isabella Perez of Castille - daughter of Maria Juana de Padilla - daughter of Maria Fernandez de Henestrosa - daughter of Aldonza Ramirez de Cifontes - daughter of
Aldonza Gonsalez Giron - daughter of
Sancha Rodriguez de Lara - daughter of Rodrigo Rodriguez de Lara - son of
Sancha Alfonsez, Infanta of Castile - daughter of Zaida (aka Isabella).
Abu al-Qasim Muhammad ibn Abbad, King of Seville - son of Ismail ibn Qarais - son of Qarais ibn Abbad - son of Abbad ibn Amr - son of Amr ibn Aslan - son of Aslan ibn Amr - son of
Amr ibn Itlaf - son of Itlaf ibn Na'im - son of Na'im II al-Lakhmi - son of
Na'im al-Lakhmi - son of Zahra bint Husayn - daughter of Husayn ibn Hasan - son of Hasan ibn Ali - son of
Fatima - daughter of
MUHAMMAD (pbuh).
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