Ulaia binte Almadi
- Born
- 777. · Baghdad.
- Died
- 825. · Baghdad.
- Nationality
- Abbasid Caliphate.
- Occupation
- poet, singer, writer and musician.
- Languages
- Arabic.
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The authorities additionally record the heading Ulayya. Her recorded language was Arabic. She was the child of Al-Mahdi. She married Musa ibn Isa ibn Musa al-Hashimi.
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Ulaia binte Almadi is recorded as poet, singer, writer and musician.
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777
Ulaia binte Almadi born at Baghdad.
825
Ulaia binte Almadi died at Baghdad.
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- 1.Kilpatrick, Hilary. Patronate and Patronage in Early and Classical Islam. Brill. 326–348. 2005.
- 2.Al-Heitty, A.K. دور المرأة الشاعرة في القصر العباسي، ١٣٢-٢٤٧، ٧٥٠-٨٦١. Al Rayan. 185. 2005.
- 3.Kilpatrick, Hilary. 'Ulayya bint al-Mahdī (160–210/777–825). Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature. Routledge. II. 791. 1998.
- 4.al-Iṣfahīnī, Abu l-Faraj, Kitāb al-aghānī, Dār al-Fikr, 21 parts and Index in 9 vols., equivalent to the edition Kairo 1322/1905–5.
- 5.Gordon, Matthew S. The Place of Competition: The Careers of 'Arīb al-Ma'mūnīya and 'Ulayya bint al-Mahdī, Sisters in Song. 'Abbasid Studies: Occasional Papers of the School of 'Abbasid Studies, Cambridge, 6–10 July 2002. Peeters. 61–81. 2004.
- 6.Matthew Gordon, Kathryn A. Hain: Concubines and Courtesans: Women and Slavery in Islamic History
- 7.Albrecht Classen:Pleasure and Leisure in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age
- 8.Ibn 'Asakir, 1998, p=193 ; .
- 9.Ibn Hazm, 1982, p=22 ; .
- 10.Abdullah al-Udhari, Classical Poems by Arab Women (London: Saqi, 1999), p. 110.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 5
- Al-Isbahani, Abu al-Faraj. Kitab al-Aghani. Dar al-Kutub al-Misriyya. 10. 1938.
- Ibn Taghribirdi, Jamal al-Din Abu al-Mahasin Yusuf. Nujum al-zahira fi muluk Misr wa'l-Qahira. Dar al-Kutub al-Misriyya. II. 1930.
- Ibn Hazm, Abu Muhammad ibn 'Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Sa'id al-Andalusi. Jamharat Ansab al-'Arab. Dar al-Ma'arif. 1982.
- Ibn 'Asakir, Abu al-Qasim 'Ali ibn al-Hasan ibn Hibat Allah. Tarikh Madinat Dimashq. Dar al-Fikr. 61. 1998.
- Abbott, Nabia. Two Queens of Baghdad: Mother and Wife of Hārūn Al Rashīd. University of Chicago Press. 1946. 978-0-86356-031-6.
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