Almaẓ - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Almaẓ - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Lagrange, Frédéric

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1060454
Doc. NO	:	ALei851
Main Entry	:	Lagrange, Frédéric
Title & Author	:	Almaẓ - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Lagrange, Frédéric
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(541 words)
Abstract	:	Almaẓ (d. 1291/1875 or 1308/1891) was Egypt’s most famous female vocalist of the mid-nineteenth century, whose legendary name is commonly linked to the singer and composer ʿAbduh al-Ḥāmūlī (1260–1318/1845–1901), whom she eventually married (Aḥmad Amīn, Qāmus al-ʿādāt wa-l-taqālīd wa-l-taʿābīr al-miṣriyya , Cairo 1953, 283–4). Historical information about her career and repertoire is scarce and often contradictory. Some sources state that she was an Alexandrian by birth, the daughter of a Levantine jeweller, and others assert that
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei851.pdf