Worldwide Guide to Women in
Leadership
Jordan Heads of State
Also see Jordan Ministers
1952-53 Head of the Regency Council Queen Zein al-Sharaf
In the official Jordan biography it says that her political instincts and
courage allowed her to successfully fill a constitutional vacuum after the
assassination of the late King Abdullah in 1951, while the newly proclaimed King
Talal was being treated outside the Kingdom for his mental illness. When he was
deposed in August 1952 she was regent until her son, Hussein I, until he turned
18 in May the following year. She lived (1916-94).
Kingdom of Kedar (Qedar)
The
Kedarites were a nomadic Arabic tribe, living in the
deserts of eastern Syria and Jordan.
Circa 738-circa 733 Queen Zabibe
Circa 733-circa 710
Queen Samsil
Circa 710-circa 690
Queen Yatie
Also known as Iati'e.
Circa 690-circa 67
Queen Telhunu
Also known as Te'elhenu, she reigned
jointly with Kaza'il.circa
690-circa 675 and Queen Queen Tabua.
Circa 678-circa 675
Queen Queen Tabua
Jointly with Queen Telhunu, who reigned from circa 690. Tabua was
succeeded by king Uaite ben Kaza'il.
Nabataean Kingdom
The Nabataeans were
an Arabian people, occupying Edom, southern Transjordan, and SE. Syria, with its
capital at Petra, It was a client kingdom of Rome, 1st cent. B.C. - 1st cent.
CE under kings who were rivals of the Herods, including Aretas. Nabataea was
made the province of Arabia in 105, governed by a praetorian legate with one
legion
11-40
Queen Shaqilat I of the Nabataean
Kingdom (Jordan)
She appeared on the coins jointly with her usband king
Aretas IV.
Circa 40-circa 60 Queeen Shakilat of Nabataea
Jointly with Maliku III also known as Malichus.
Circa 71-90 Queen Gamilat of Nabataea
Jointly with ar-Rabil II also known as Rabbel Soter.