Preface

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This is a story of

Chance and Luck,

Power and Greed,

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Power and Greed,

Power and Greed,

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Love and War,

Where a girl, a prince, and a warrior

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Where a girl, a prince, and a warrior

Are thrust into a world of

Desert spirits, Old tales, and Priestly Courts.

Only time will tell if they can pull themselves out alive.

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In the 8th Century AD, a girl is taken from her home village in the south of the Arabian peninsula to the outskirts of the holy city of Mecca.

There, she is sold to a pilgrimage caravan en route to the capital of Baghdad.

There, she meets Al-Mahdi, the successor to the Abbasid throne.

There, he falls in love with her.

There, she becomes his queen.

This is the story of Al-Khayzuran bint Atta, and how she rose from a slave girl, to the most powerful Muslim queen in history.

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DISCLAIMER: Some events and actions portrayed in this book are not always correct in the view of Islam and should not be considered as correct just because the characters are Muslim.

Instances of this include: slavery, concubinage, murder, drinking alcohol, pre-marital relations, witchcraft and snake charming, associating with Jinn

This book is loosely based on true events that took place during 760 to 780 AD in the Abbasid Caliphate.

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