Which female leaders would you want for various civilizations?

[stealth_nsk]

Also, how about Mileva Marić

 

[Bonyduck Campersang]

Found another entry for my list of possible Muslim female leaders

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatima_bint_al-Ahmar

I have also been wondering who could be a non-ruler non-political female leader from the Muslim world? I can think of Aisha, but she's a non-starter due to obvious reasons. There is also the Sufi mystic Rabia of Basra, but any depiction of her as a leader would be completely against the ascetic lifestyle she lived. There is Fatima al-Fihri, but she is probably a fabrication.

Nana Asma'u, whom I mentioned before, daughter of Usman Dan Fodio, and a women's social reformer, is probably the best bet

 

[Kankan]

Found another entry for my list of possible Muslim female leaders

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatima_bint_al-Ahmar

I have also been wondering who could be a non-ruler non-political female leader from the Muslim world? I can think of Aisha, but she's a non-starter due to obvious reasons. There is also the Sufi mystic Rabia of Basra, but any depiction of her as a leader would be completely against the ascetic lifestyle she lived. There is Fatima al-Fihri, but she is probably a fabrication.

Nana Asma'u, whom I mentioned before, daughter of Usman Dan Fodio, and a women's social reformer, is probably the best bet

Nana Asma’u is the best choice by far and Yan Taru would make for an interesting science focused unique ability as well.

 

[TheSpaceCowboy]

Found another entry for my list of possible Muslim female leaders

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatima_bint_al-Ahmar

I have also been wondering who could be a non-ruler non-political female leader from the Muslim world? I can think of Aisha, but she's a non-starter due to obvious reasons. There is also the Sufi mystic Rabia of Basra, but any depiction of her as a leader would be completely against the ascetic lifestyle she lived. There is Fatima al-Fihri, but she is probably a fabrication.

Nana Asma'u, whom I mentioned before, daughter of Usman Dan Fodio, and a women's social reformer, is probably the best bet

I disagree. Aisha would be a great choice. She has the necessary name recognition; even lots of non-Muslims have heard of her. And she’d add variety. Until Tutankhamen is added, we’re not likely to get such a young leader.

 

[Archanist]

I disagree. Aisha would be a great choice. She has the necessary name recognition; even lots of non-Muslims have heard of her. And she’d add variety. Until Tutankhamen is added, we’re not likely to get such a young leader.

I'm not Muslim, but I think the reason Aisha can't be used is because she can't be depicted due to being Muhammad's wife.

 

[Kankan]

I disagree. Aisha would be a great choice. She has the necessary name recognition; even lots of non-Muslims have heard of her. And she’d add variety. Until Tutankhamen is added, we’re not likely to get such a young leader.

I don’t think the focus should necessarily be on name recognition per se as whilst Aisha (ra) was an indubitably amazing woman, I think it is also far better to bring attention to other great Muslim women such as Nana Asma’u, Fatima al-Fihri and Shajar Al-Durr. However, whilst an inclusion wouldn’t be too far-fetched due to her father, Abu Bakr’s (ra) inclusion in Civ 3, it should still be avoided to prevent a similar issue to Poundmaker where his inclusion in Civ6 felt misrepresentative. Already we do have one powerful Muslim woman in Civ7 in the form of Amina.