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Yamila bint al Jabbar (Mérida, 9th century - Galicia, s.m. s. IX) was a Berber warrior who rose up with her family against the emir Abd al Rahman II (822-852)..

Biography
Jamila bint al Jabbar belonged to the Maṣmuda Berber tribe and was originally from the city of Mérida. His family led agitations, conflicts and uprisings in the area of ​​Mérida and the Guadiana valley. We know about his life mainly thanks to the work of the historian Ibn Hayyan (X-XI century) in his work al-Muqtabis. He described her as possessing great strength and courage in battle participating alongside men. She was also a woman famous among her people for possessing great beauty and grace.

Jamila came to command a battalion of warrior women in the revolts against the emir. Ibn Hayyan tells us that Jamila pretended to have more troops under his command, ordering the women to let down their hair, take up weapons and mount horses so that it would appear that they were more forces in the rear advancing on the enemy troops reinforcing those of his brother. Mahmud bint al Jabbar. Emiral troops from Beja fled.

Jamila's role model departs from the proper role model for a Muslim woman. Her performance, however, was not censored, but rather she presented herself as a true warrior, beautiful and virtuous who went out to meet knights and fought like them. Her performance as a warrior "places her outside of the performance restricted to the family sphere, typical of female functioning in agnatic patriarchal societies".

Jamila ended up being captured by Christian troops of King Alfonso II the Chaste who also killed her brother Mahmud. Finally, she was sorted among those who took her prisoner. It was an archbishop of Santiago de Compostela who finally married her and had numerous children. Yamila in her later years converted to Christianity.

Enlaces externos
https://dbe.rah.es/biografias/134172/yamila-bint-abd-al-yabbar