Balkis

⁂ The Arabs call her name Balkis, or Belkis; the Abyssinians, Macqueda; and others, Aazis.

Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853

AAZ'IZ (3 _syl. _), so the queen of Sheba or Saba is sometimes called; but in the Koran she is called Balkis (ch. xxvii.).

Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853

Arab writers call her Balkis and Ethiopian writers name her Makeda.

BellaOnline - The Voice of Women 2009

Tho 'Balkis' own Ifrit [FN#183] try a bout, * Spite his force she would deal him a throw. "

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

Cheheristani is a jinniyah, who is pursued by the King, under the form of a white doe; marries him, and becomes the mother of Balkis, the Queen of

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

I considered the lilies on the veldt and unto Balkis did I disclothe mine glory.

Finnegans Wake 2006

Nouronihar, whose impatience, if possible, exceeded his own, importuned him to hasten his march, and lavished on him a thousand caresses to beguile all reflection; she fancied herself already more potent than Balkis, and pictured to her imagination the Genii falling prostrate at the foot of her throne.

The History of the Caliph Vathek 2004

Donn Bryne's "Wisdom Buildeth Her House," is constructed on a historic foundation, the visit that Balkis, Queen of Sheba, made to

O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 Various

King of Ethiopia comes to pay a visit to Balkis, the beautiful

Nobel Prize in Literature 1921 - Presentation Speech 1921

Balkis, the Queen of Sheba, had a bird called Hudhud, that is, lapwing, which was her trusty messenger to King Solomon.

The Arabian Nights Entertainments Anonymous 1921