Khayzuran (خيزران) is the Arabic word for "bamboo" — for its slender grace. Khayzuran (c. 740-789) rose from slavery to become the powerful wife of Caliph al-Mahdi and mother of Caliphs al-Hadi and Harun al-Rashid — effectively ruled the Abbasid Empire.
She was perhaps the most powerful woman of the early Abbasid era.
Khayzuran reduces to eight — the number of Abbasid power.