Women slaves in the Abbasid Caliphate

singer,Poet of Abbasid period

Shāriyah (, born in al-Basra; died c. 870 CE) was an ‘Abbasid qayna (enslaved singing-girl), who enjoyed a prominent place in the court of Al-Wathiq (r. 842–847).

first woman appointed as a judge in Islamic history

Arabic poet, musician and singer of Abbasid period

Arab poet of Abbasid period

10th-century Abbasid Harem official

courtier of the Abbasid harem during the reign of Caliph Al-Muqtadir (r. 908-929)