- This page details Zahra Jamal in the primary universe; for the Zahra Jamal in the Kelvin timeline created by Nero's temporal incursion see Zahra Jamal (Kelvin timeline).
Zahra was a Starfleet yeoman who served aboard the USS Enterprise, under the command of Captain James T. Kirk, in the 2260s.
Biography
In the year 2267, Zahra accompanied Captain Kirk and his landing party to the surface of the planet Deneva to investigate the unusual communications blackout from the colony. The party discovered that the blackout was due to neural parasites infecting the colony. (TOS episode & novelization: Operation -- Annihilate!; TOS novel: Provenance of Shadows)
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USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) administrative personnel | ||
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Anderson • Atkins • Ayers • Barrows • Bates • Briel • Burns • Cappa • Chavez • Colotti • Colt • Cusack • Davis • Ferro • Figgs • B. Finney • Flynn • Greene • Granada • Harris • Harris • Harrison • Hatcher • Jacob • Jamal • Jaramillo • Jones • Kart • Landon • Lawton • Layton • Loo • Marion • Mears • Moskowitz • Mendez • Phillips • Rand • Reilly • Ross • Roswind • Sinclair • Singh • Smith • Takayama • Tamura • Tankris • Thagard • Thompson • Trask • Trian • Wellman • Wodehouse • Zink | ||
see also: Personnel roster • communications personnel • engineering personnel • medical personnel • pilots & flight control personnel • security & tactical personnel • sciences personnel • senior staff • unnamed (2240s and 2250s • 2260s • 2270s and 2280s) |
Background
In the novelization of "Operation -- Annihilate!" written by James Blish, Zahra's name is given as Zahara. Zahra was played by actress Maurishka TaliferroMA. Her rank was not alluded to in any English source, but the German language dubbed episode in the Raumschiff Enterprise series referred to her as "corporal", clarifying her status as an enlisted NCO.
External link
- Zahra Jamal article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.