Ali of La Palomera
Zulema L'Astròloga (c. 1190 – after 1229), was a Moorish astronomer.
Life
A member of the nobility, Zulema L'Astròloga was born in c. 1190. She was living in Madina Mayurqa, now part of Palma de Mallorca, in 1229. She was the mother of Alí de la Palomera, who betrayed his people by assisting James I of Aragon in the conquest of Majorca.[1]
Zulema L'Astròloga was described by her son Alí as a renowned astronomer. After the conquest, she and her family were allowed to remain on the island.[1]
Tradition has recorded anecdotes about her. The medieval tower of Sant Elm at Andratx is said to have been the tower from which she watched the stars.[1]
Zulema L'Astròloga is mentioned in the contemporary account by the Catalan chronicler Bernard Desclot, and the subject of the poem N'Alí de la Palomera (published in 1871) by the Spanish polymath Pere d'Alcàntara Penya, as well as in a poem by the Catalan philologist Tomàs Forteza.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Marquès, Isabel Peñarrubia (2010). "Zulema, l'Astròloga: Mare d'Alí de la Palomera" [Zulema, the Astrologer: Mother of Ali de la Palomera]. Diccionari Biogràfic de Dones (in Catalan). Xarxa Vives d'Universitats. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
Further reading
- Pere d'Alcàntara Penya (1871). "N'Alí de la Palomera". Jochs Florals de Barcelona (in Catalan). Barcelona: S. Manero. pp. 151–166. OCLC 1008192570.
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