Atika bint Shuhda
Atika bint Shuhda عاتكة بنت شُهدة | |
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Occupation | Arabic poet, singer, musician, composer |
Language | Arabic |
Nationality | Caliphate |
Period | Islamic Golden Age (Abbasid era) |
Atika bint Shuhda (Arabic: عاتكة بنت شُهدة) was an 8th-century Arabian Qiyan-courtesan musician, composer, singer and poet.[1][2]
She was born in Medina, but settled in Basra. She was the daughter of , a female professional singer and mourner from Mecca who was herself a slave-singer for the Umayyad caliph al-Walid II ibn Yazid (r. 743–744).[2] Atika was particularly noted for her ability as a lute-player, and was described by Ishaq al-Mawsili (d. 850) as the most skilled oud player he had ever heard. She is also known to setting lyrics by Umar ibn Abi Rabi'ah to music. Atika also acted as the instructor of other slave singers, and known as the teacher of the noted musicians Ishaq al-Mawsili and Mukhariq ibn Yahya.[2]
References[]
- ^ Hilary Kilpatrick:Making the Great Book of Songs: Compilation and the Author's Craft in Abū L
- ^ a b c Sawa, Meyers; M, Suzanne (2013-06-01). "ʿĀtika bint Shuhda". Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE.
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- 8th-century women musicians
- 8th-century musicians
- Arabian slaves and freedmen
- Medieval singers
- Qiyan
- Women of the Abbasid Caliphate
- Slaves of the Abbasid Caliphate
- 8th-century people of the Abbasid Caliphate
- 8th-century Arabs
- People from Medina
- Medieval Arabic singers
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