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Safiyya al-Baghdadiyya

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Safiyya
صفية
BornBaghdad, Abbasid Caliphate (now Iraq)
DiedBaghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
Resting placeBaghdad
Pen nameSafiyya al-Baghdadiyya
(صفية البغدادية)
OccupationArabic Poet
LanguageArabic
NationalityCaliphate
PeriodIslamic Golden Age
(Later Abbasid era)

Safiyya al-Baghdadiyya (Arabic: صفية البغدادية) was a Medieval Arabic poet writing during the 12th Century CE. This late period of the Abbasids has been called a Golden Age which 'created a liberal, but elite, society keen to enjoy Allah's earthly gifts'.[1]

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The diwans (collected poems) of female poets were not as well recorded, and little is known about al-Baghdadiyya's life. Her poem 'I am the wonder' is collected in Abdulla al-Udhari's Classical Poems by Arab Women (1999).[2] Al-Udhari notes in the book that 'Nothing is known about the poet'.[3] The poem demonstrates al-Baghdadiyya's liberal outlook and remarkable self-confidence:

I am the wonder of the world, the ravisher of hearts and minds.
Once you’ve seen my stunning looks, you’re a fallen man.

References

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  1. ^ ltd, codegent. "Poetry Magazines - Classical Poems by Arab Women". www.poetrymagazines.org.uk. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
  2. ^ "Table of Contents: Classical poems by Arab women /". libweb.grinnell.edu. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
  3. ^ al-Udhari, Abdullah (2017). Classical Poems by Arab Women. London: Saqi Book. p. 146. ISBN 978-0-86356-047-7.

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