A Moroccan newspaper reported that the Queen of England, Elizabeth II is the direct descendent of Prophet Muhammad, according to ANI.
The Morrocan newspaper reportedly traced back 43 generations of the Queen’s family tree, stating that she is a distant descendant of the Prophet. According to the research, Elizabeth II's bloodline runs through the Earl of Cambridge in the 14th century, across medieval Muslim Spain, to Fatima, the Prophet's daughter.
The Claim
The findings were first published in 1986 by Burke's Peerage, a British authority on royal pedigrees, reported the Daily Mail.
According to the study, the Queen descended from a Muslim princess called Zaida, who fled her home town of Seville in the 11th century before converting to Christianity.
Zaida was the fourth wife of King Al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad of Seville. She bore him a son Sancho, whose descendant later married the Earl of Cambridge in the 11th century.
"It is little known by the British people that the blood of Mohammed flows in the veins of the queen. However, all Moslem religious leaders are proud of this fact," wrote Burke's publishing director, in a letter to the-then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in 1986, according to the Daily Mail.
However, reports suggest varying versions of Zaida’s origin. According to Daily Mail, British magazine the Spectator points out that she was the daughter of a wine-drinking caliph descended from the Prophet. Other reports suggest she married into his family.
(With inputs from ANI and Daily Mail)
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