Rasad

Rasad
BornUnknown date
Diedafter 1078
Cairo, Egypt
Consort ofAl-Zahir li-i'zaz Din Allah
ChildrenAl-Mustansir Billah
Names
Malika Rasad Umm Ma'ad

Rasad (Arabic: رصد, lit.'Talisman'; fl.1044–1078) was a slave concubine who, as the queen-mother of the Fatimid caliph al-Mustansir Billah, became the virtual regent of Egypt between 1044 and 1071. The name Rasad literally means "observed".