Zubeydah Al-Badawiyyah
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Her Excellency, Zubeydah Hanim, BQC, OP
While her registered name is Zubaydah, she prefers the alternate spelling, Zubeydah.
(The initials after her name (BQC), are the designation given to those who are Bearers of the Queen's Cipher of the Kingdom of the Outlands.)
Nicknames, Known-Bys, and Odd Titles:
- Zuzu (This nickname was given by Sigen Fridreksdottir, and is welcome and makes her smile.) (Beydah is NOT her name. Zub is RIGHT OUT.)
- In Mooneschadowe, she is known as Don Zubeydah of the Waterbearing Mafia * / **
- On the Armour Archive, she holds the title of Dark Overlord Chick of the Universe and is best known for her summary and index of The St Florian Project by Robert MacPhereson (File:The St Florian Project - A Summary of Work.pdf), liberal political views, and a certain discussion of ladies underpinnings.
- In the Northern Region, she is known as the Patron Saint of Chocolate
- For a span of time in March of 2020, she was given the title of "Official Neutral Marshal of Mayhem" for her arbitration of a wiki-content-battle between the Barony of Namron and the Barony of Wiesenfeuer.
* Important!! This does not, in any way, imply that Zubeydah has a White Scarf of Ansteorra. Please note the 'Mafia' part of the name. :D
** The first rule of the Waterbearing Mafia is that we don't talk about the Waterbearing Mafia...
- Zubeydah uses the Turkish title for Peerage, "Hanim."
Previously Known As: When she first started in the SCA in the Outlands, she used Kestrel of Ravenshold.
Pronunciation:zoo-BAY-dah AL-bah-dah-WEE-yuh
Pronouns: She/Her
Alternate Persona
Zubeydah is currently exploring an alternate, Norse persona, named (Hersirkona) Ilsabet Wilhelmsdattir.
Additional Registered Heraldry: Achievement
Mantling: Argent goutty azure, and Azure
Helm: Persian helm argent, faces affronty
Crest: a human hand bearing a quill, writing upon a scroll.
Coronet: Baronial with six points topped with pearls
Dexter Supporter: Domestic cat rampant guardant sable, armed and orbed gules, maintaining a book Or
Sinister Supporter: Griffin rampant guardant sable, armed and orbed gules, maintaining a book Or
Motto: That which is not written is forgotten
Notes: Compartment is a pile of books and scrolls. Bears a Pelican wreath.
Offices:
- Local:
- Prior Northkeep Baronial Waterbearer
- Current Chronicler, Barony of Northkeep, June - Present
- Regional:
- Prior Northern Regional Waterbearer (Warranted Office - 2003-2004)
- Principality:
- Kingdom:
- Kingdom Historian, September 2019 - Present
- Site Administrator - Ansteorra Wiki, 2011 to Present
- Prior Vscribe to the Historian's Office (Warranted Office - 2 years)
- Prior Scribal Guild Vscribe (Warranted Office - 3 years): Tripled the number of featured original works, created the Charter Library and Insignia Library
- Prior Waterbearer's Guild Vscribe (non-warranted)
Persona History:
Born without many prospects, she was affianced at an early age to a wealthy merchant. At his urging, she and her family accompanied her fiance on a mercantile venture to the Middle East. The caravan was attacked. She was the sole survivor, left for dead. Found by a wandering tribe of nomads led by Sir Haroun ibn al-Dhi'b al-Abyadh of the Outlands, she was rescued from the cruel sands of the desert and nursed back to health. She was given the name Zubeydah by Haroun. Her restless spirit did not allow her to accept his hospitality for long, and earned her the name 'al-Badawiyyah' - the Wanderer. She left the deserts and found a home in Ansteorra, where she was captured, body and heart, by an unusually well-dressed Ostrogoth named Abe Vivitar Von Gebric
Interests:
- Waterbearing (alas, not able to actively do so any more due to physical limitations)
- Service through Arts: Scribal, Lampwork, Jewelrymaking.
- Gift and Prize Baskets, Fundraising
- Heraldic Art
- Cooking / Baking / Confectionary
- SCA-focused Web Design/Administration/Data Collection: Event, local group and Guild websites, photo albums, web graphic design. Administer of the Kingdom Wiki. Editor-in-Chief, Chronology of the Northern Region
Selected Examples of Beadwork Projects
- Beadwork/Amber
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2 of 12+ anklets made for the 2004 Pennsic Royal Gift Baskets
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One of six commissioned pieces, selected by King Alaric of the Outlands -
Crafted for the 2013 Battlemoor Royal Gift Basket -
Bead embroidery - Order of the Stag's Blood, gift for Master Oliver Mordrake -
Viking Bragging Strand: self-made lampwork beads, commercial beads, pendants and findings -
Franchise: Made in honor of Pride, and given away in a contest won by Gróa Úlfsdóttir.
