Adschība (fl. 1218), was a qiyan poet and musician, active in Ayyubid Egypt.

She was a member of the Ayyubid harem as the royal slave concubine of Sultan Al-Kamil (r. 1218–1238).

Adschība was described as a beautiful and accomplished singer. Her enslaver, the fourth Ayyubid Sultan al-Kamil Muhammad, was claimed to have been deeply in love with her and often summoned her to his bed.[1] She reportedly attended in his audiences, but hidden behind a curtain as well as openly, and played the harp and the frame drum.[2]

In Classical Arabic literature, she is included in Masālik al-abṣār fī mamālik al-amṣār by Ibn Fadlallah al-Umari (1301–1349), in the main work describing famous slave singers of history.[3]

References

  1. ^ Yasemin Gökpinar: Der ṭarab der Sängersklavinnen: Masālik al-abṣār fī mamālik al-amṣār von Ibn Faḍlallāh al-ʿUmarī (gest. 749/1349): Textkritische Edition des 10. Kapitels Ahl ʿilm al-mūsīqī mit kommentierter Übersetzung, Ergon Verlag, Baden-Baden 2021, S. 269.
  2. ^ Yasemin Gökpinar: Der ṭarab der Sängersklavinnen: Masālik al-abṣār fī mamālik al-amṣār von Ibn Faḍlallāh al-ʿUmarī (gest. 749/1349): Textkritische Edition des 10. Kapitels Ahl ʿilm al-mūsīqī mit kommentierter Übersetzung, Ergon Verlag, Baden-Baden 2021, S. 269.
  3. ^ Yasemin Gökpinar: Der ṭarab der Sängersklavinnen: Masālik al-abṣār fī mamālik al-amṣār von Ibn Faḍlallāh al-ʿUmarī (gest. 749/1349): Textkritische Edition des 10. Kapitels Ahl ʿilm al-mūsīqī mit kommentierter Übersetzung, Ergon Verlag, Baden-Baden 2021, S. 268–277.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adsch%C4%ABba_(qiyan)
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