Editing Zenobia (section)

====Arab traditions and al-Zabba'====
Although some Arab historians linked Zenobia to the [[Queen of Sheba]], their accounts are apocryphal.{{sfn|Ball|2002|p= [https://books.google.com/books?id=qQKIAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA78 78]}} Medieval Arabic traditions identify a queen of Palmyra named al-Zabba',{{sfn|Rihan|2014|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=1iGpAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA28 28]}} and her most romantic account comes from al-Tabari.{{sfn|Bryce|2014|p= [https://books.google.com/books?id=q8Z7AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA295 295]}} According to al-Tabari, she was an [[Amalek#Arabs as Amalekites|Amalekite]]; her father was 'Amr ibn Zarib, an 'Amālīq [[sheikh]] who was killed by the [[Tanukhids]].{{sfn|Ball|2002|p= [https://books.google.com/books?id=qQKIAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA78 78]}} Al-Tabari identifies a sister of al-Zabba' as "Zabibah".{{sfn|Ball|2002|p= [https://books.google.com/books?id=qQKIAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA78 78]}} Jadhimah ibn Malik, the Tanukhid king who killed the queen's father, was killed by al-Zabba'.{{sfn|Bryce|2014|p= [https://books.google.com/books?id=q8Z7AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA295 295]}} According to al-Tabari, al-Zabba' had a fortress along the [[Euphrates]] and ruled Palmyra.{{sfn|Millar|1993|p= [https://books.google.com/books?id=IA-YlZqHv90C&pg=PA433 433]}}

Al-Tabari's account does not mention the Romans, Odaenathus, Vaballathus or the Sassanians;{{sfn|Millar|1993|p= [https://books.google.com/books?id=IA-YlZqHv90C&pg=PA433 433]}} focusing on the tribes and their relations, it is immersed in legends.{{sfn|Southern|2008|p= [https://books.google.com/books?id=DqMrR29Cc7MC&pg=PA12 12]}} Although the account is certainly based on the story of Zenobia,{{sfn|Millar|1993|p= [https://books.google.com/books?id=IA-YlZqHv90C&pg=PA433 433]}} it is probably conflated with the story of a semi-legendary nomadic Arab queen (or queens).{{sfn|Bryce|2014|p= [https://books.google.com/books?id=q8Z7AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA296 296]}}{{sfn|Southern|2008|p= [https://books.google.com/books?id=DqMrR29Cc7MC&pg=PA12 12]}} Al-Zabba'{{'s}} fortress was probably [[Halabiye]], which was restored by the historic Palmyrene queen and named Zenobia.{{sfn|Millar|1993|p= [https://books.google.com/books?id=IA-YlZqHv90C&pg=PA433 433]}}