Taqiyya Umm Ali bint Ghaith ibn Ali al-Armanazi

Fāḍil b. Ḥamdūn al-Ṣūrī (b. Ṣūr, d. 603/1206), who also became a noted scholar. Among the few poems of Taqiyya's that survive is an epigram on wine the she sent to Al-Muzaffar Umar: There is nothing good in wine, though a paradisial perk It ferments the sane, bonkers his mind and instils in him a falling fear. When al-Muzaffar responded that Taqiyya was speaking from experience, she composed a poem on war, to show that experience was not required to compose poetry on a theme.

• Honorific Prefix — Sitt al-Ni‘m ست النعم • Name — Umm Ali Taqiyya bint Abi’l-Faraj Ghayth bin ‘Ali bin ‘Abd al-Salām • Pen Name — Sitt al-Ni‘m • Born — 1111 • Birthplace — Damascus • Died — 1183/84 • Place of death — Egypt • Occupation — Arabic Poet • Language — Arabic • Period — Islamic Golden Age (Later Abbasid era) • Spouse — Fādl bin Ḥamdūn al-Ṣūrī • Children — Abu al-Hasan Ali