Belongings and rewards of singing girls in the medieval Arab world through the pages of the Kitāb al-aghānī
Keywords:
Qiyān, Singing slave girls, Remuneration of singing girls, Kitāb al-aghānīAbstract
The singing girls of the medieval Arab world —commonly referred to as qiyān, mughanniyāt or jawārī mughanniyāt— are figures of artistic, anthropological and social interest. Despite the fact that most of them were slaves, they were able to enjoy certain material privileges, as shown in the Kitāb al-aghānī, the celebrated anthology of songs, poems and anecdotes created by Abū l-Faraj al-Iṣfahānī in the 4th/10th century.
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