Women in medieval Asian warfare

cousin and seventh wife of Muhammad (c. 590–641)

The tenth wife of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad

Muhammad's eighth wife (c. 608–676)

thumb|The Rajput ceremony of Jauhar, 1567, as depicted by Ambrose Dudley in Hutchinsons History of the Nations, Jauhar, sometimes spelled Jowhar or Juhar, was a practice of mass self-immolation by Rajput kshatriya women and girls in the Indian subcontinent to avoid capture, sex slavery, enslavement, and rape when facing certain defeat during a war. Some reports of jauhar mention women committing self-immolation along with their children, Jauhar performed to avoid rape and necrophilia by the invading armies. This practice was historically observed in the northwest regions of India, with the mo

Wife of Abu Sufyan

Sajah bint Al-Harith ibn Suwayd al-Taghlibi (, fl. 598-675 CE) from the tribe of Banu Tamim, was an Arab Christian protected first by her tribe; then causing a split within the Arab tribes and finally defended by Banu Hanifa. Sajah was one of a series of people (including her future husband) who claimed to be a prophet in the 7th-century Arabia and was also the only known woman claiming prophethood during the Wars of Apostasy in the early Islamic Period. She later converted to Islam and died a Muslim.

an early woman to convert to Islam

poet of the Ummayad clan

Muslim Arab warrior

Chinese princess

Islamic medical and social worker recognized as the first female Muslim nurse

daughter of Husayn ibn Ali

Sugandha ( 883 – 914) was the fifth ruler of Kashmir in the northern Indian subcontinent during the 10th century.

fictional character, wife of Yang Zongbao

empress of Emperor Jingzong of Liao dynasty (r. 982-1009); CDBD ID=43666

Islamic princess

Sahaba

one of the earliest women converts to Islam in Yathrib (now Medina)

companion (Sahabiyyah) of Muhammad

Chinese rebel and self-proclaimed Empress

Li noblewoman during the Sui dynasty of Chinese history

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Arabic poet and warrior; one of the Khawarij

legendary heroine, wife of Yang Linggong

Chinese rebellion leader during the Jin dynasty (13th century)