Mistress Halimah bint 'al Abbas 'al Tanji

Persona:

Halimah is a late 13th Century Mandinkan (Gambian) of royal blood from the Kingdom of Mali, traded to the Arabs by her father. While travelling along the trans Saharan trade route with her new "owner" , learning Arabic through immersion. By the end of the second wave of the Black Death in Europe, Halimah had become a young woman and eventually came to be traded/sold again to a Spanish Lord and lived to serve his household in Barcelona, Spain. Her lord's family moved along the coast into France to a chateau in Toulon.
Motto: "Bien Faire et Rien Dire"

Timeline:
- When started in SCA: September 1992
- Significant events: Adopted and proteged to Dame Brenna Lowri o’Ruthin from the Barony of Grey Niche in Gleann Abhann
- Formerly Apprenticed to Dame Kiera nic an Bhaird (Inactive) Fostered by Master Rowland Addison Carrick and Gisela von Edgemund, called Tipperith in Gleann Abhann
  - Sucessfully served 22 SCA feasts to date! Period Subsaharan African,German and French Studies, Brewing, Cordials and Period Beverages, Herbals, Outdoor Cooking, Household Items and Tools.

Groups and Affiliations:
- Current Group: Shire March of Grimfells
- Previous Groups: Shire Beintheinne (Defunct) now Provence of Lagerdamm (Gleann Abhann)
- Guilds, Households, etc: Matriarch of Chez Croissant Sable

Offices:
- Local Offices: Currently local Arts and Sciences officer Shire March of Grimfells
- Regional Offices:
- Kingdom Offices: Provost of the College of Gleann Abhann
- SCA-wide Offices:
- Other service: Member of the Grand Chefs of Meridies/Gleann Abhann, Founder of the Calontir Newcomers Facebook Page

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