Sitti Sawda

Sitti Sawda or Sawda bint al-Faqih, was the wife of sultan Al-Kamil of Egypt. She was the mother of sultan Al-Adil II and stepmother of sultan As-Salih Ayyub. She was famously politically influential, and is one of few freeborn wives to have played any significant role in the Ayyubid dynasty, who normally used slaves for procreation.