Lubna Of Córdoba
Lubna of Córdoba (Lubna Al-Qortobia, ) was an al-Andalus, Andalusian intellectual, mathematician, and poet of the second half of the 10th century known for the quality of her writing and her excellence in the sciences.Olivier Gaudefroy: Lubna, la copiste de Cordoue. Turquoise, 2019. Lubna was born into slavery and raised within the Madinat al-Zahra, Madīnat al-Zahrā palace. She then pursued a career within the palace as part of Al-Hakam II's team of copyists. Early life Little to no information is known about Lubna’s upbringing, and most accounts available are historian and scholar speculations based on facts about women in her same position during the 11th century time period in Al-Andalus. Lubna was born within the Madīnat al-Zahrā, under the rule of the caliph Abd al-Rahman III, which began in 929. During his reign, the number of enslaved people in Córdoba, Andalusia, Córdoba increased, Lubna being one of them from birth. José Miguel Puerta Vílchez, of the Univ ...
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