Faḍl al-Shāʿira - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Faḍl al-Shāʿira - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Gordon, Matthew S.

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1061573
Doc. NO	:	ALei1970
Main Entry	:	Gordon, Matthew S.
Title & Author	:	Faḍl al-Shāʿira - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Gordon, Matthew S.
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(716 words)
Abstract	:	Faḍl (d. c. 257/871) was an ʿAbbāsid-era poet and courtesan. Typically referred to as Faḍl al-Shāʿira (“the Poetess”), she belonged to a select group of elite female performers—poets, singers, musicians, and dancers—of slave background, trained in the appropriate social and literary arts and linked closely to the highest circles of imperial court society. The key source on the early ʿAbbāsid courtesans is Abū l-Faraj al-Iṣfahānī’s Kitāb al-aghānī; it contains a section on Faḍl’s repertoire and career and another on her
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei1970.pdf