Taqiyya bint Ghayth al-Suriyya

Hammond, Marle

Abstract

Taqiyya bint Ghayth al-Suriyya (1111–1184) was an Arabic poet of Fatimid Egypt who lived into the Ayyubid era. Coming from a family of prominent Islamic scholars, she trained as a traditionist, or as a transmitter of hadith (the sayings of the Prophet Muhammad), but she is celebrated mostly as an accomplished and versatile poet. Unfortunately, her extant verses are relatively scant.

Citation

Hammond, M. Taqiyya bint Ghayth al-Suriyya. Cham

• Other Type: Other
• Online Publication Date: Nov 7, 2024
• Deposit Date: Dec 31, 2024
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Book Title: The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Medieval Women's Writing in the Global Middle Ages
• Keywords: Arabic women poets
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76219-3_243-1