Mariam bint Abu Ya'qub Ashshilbi (
Arabic: مريم بنت أبي يعقوب الشَّلْبي) was an 8th-century Arabic-language poet of
al-Andalus. She was born in Shilb (modern
Silves, Portugal
Silves () is a city and municipality in the Portuguese region of Algarve, in southern Portugal. The population of the entire municipality of Silves in 2011 was 37,126, in an area of 680.06 km2. The urbanized area of the city proper has approxi ...
) and settled in
Seville, where she became a tutor of noblewomen.
Qazi Athar Mubarakpuri
Qazi Athar Mubarakpuri (7 May 1916 – 14 July 1996) was an Indian Sunni Islamic scholar, author and historian. He was honoured with the title of Muhsin-e-Hind by Pakistani scholars.
Zaheer Danish Umri, Taaba Falak, Kadapa Atish Academy, p. 51, ...
, Khawateen-e-Islam Ki Deeni wa Ilmi Khidmat (Urdu) p. 71, Shaykhul Hind Academy, Darul Uloom Deoband
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Living during the time of the
Moors, she has been referred to as the Arabian
Sappho
Sappho (; el, Σαπφώ ''Sapphō'' ; Aeolic Greek ''Psápphō''; c. 630 – c. 570 BC) was an Archaic Greek poet from Eresos or Mytilene on the island of Lesbos. Sappho is known for her Greek lyric, lyric poetry, written to be sung while ...
. During her time, many women of the
Andalusian area cultivated the arts.
Some well-preserved examples of her work survive in the library of the
Escorial.
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8th-century Arabic poets
People from Seville
Women poets from al-Andalus
8th-century people from al-Andalus
8th-century Arabs
Slaves from the Umayyad Caliphate
Slaves from al-Andalus
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