A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Zobeide, or Zoebd-el-Khematin
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ZOBEIDE, or ZOEBD-EL-KHEMATIN,
That is, the flower of women, was the cousin and wife of the celebrated caliph Haroun al Raschid. She was a beautiful, pious, and benevolent woman, and is said to have founded the city of Tauris, in Persia. She is frequently mentioned in the "Arabian Nights." She died in 831.