Safiyya al-Baghdadiyya

Safiyya
صفية
Safiyya ; صفية
Born	Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate (now Iraq)
Died	Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
Resting place	Baghdad
Pen name	Safiyya al-Baghdadiyya ; (صفية البغدادية)
Occupation	Arabic Poet
Language	Arabic
Nationality	Caliphate
Period	Islamic 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

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

Safiyya al-Baghdadiyya

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