in Oriental mythology, was the name of the queen of Sheba, according to the traditions of the Arabs. She was the daughter of Hadad, the twentvfirst king of Yemen. Through the bird Hudhud, Solomon and the queen wrote. each other most loving letters, until Balkis began a journey — which the imagination of the Orientals describes as the most magnificeit ever seen by gods and men — and came to Solomon, whereupon they were married.