Ulayya bint al-Mahdi (Arabic: عُلَيّة بنت المهدي, romanized: ʿUlayya bint al-Mahdī, 777–825) was an Abbasid princess, noted for her legacy as a poet and...

his dominion; accordingly, his son Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi (779–839) and his daughter ‘Ulayya bint al-Mahdī (777-825) were both noted poets and musicians...

qiyān were free women. One of them was even an Abbasid princess, Ulayya bint al-Mahdi. The term originates as a feminine form of the pre-Islamic term qayn...

later Al-Mahdi, then caliph, took her as his concubine. One of his wives was Umm Muhammad. She was the daughter of Salih al-Miskin and Umm Abdullah bint Isa...

Mansur ibn al-Mahdi (Arabic: منصور بن المهدي) was an Abbasid prince, son of Abbasid caliph al-Mahdi, brother of caliph al-Hadi and Harun al-Rashid. Mansur...

Fatimah bint Muhammad was the wife of Arab caliph Al-Mansur. Abbasa bint al-Mahdi also known Abbasa bint Muhammad was the Abbasid princess. Ulayya bint al-Mahdi...

wife of al-Mahdi until his marriage to al-Khayzuran bint Atta, an Arab woman of Yemenite origin born in the Hejaz. Al-Khayzuran convinced al-Mahdi to free...

Abbasa bint al-Mahdi (Arabic: العباسة بنت المهدي, romanized: al-ʿAbbāsa; c. 765 – after 804) was a famous Abbasid princess. She was the daughter of Abbasid...

Gordon, 'The Place of Competition: The Careers of ‘Arīb al-Ma’mūnīya and ‘Ulayya bint al-Mahdī, Sisters in Song', in ‘Abbasid Studies: Occasional Papers...

al-Mahdi (Arabic: عبيد الله بن محمد المهدي, romanized: ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Muḥammad al-Mahdī) (771–810/11) was an Abbasid prince. He was the son of al-Mahdi...

first two caliphs al-Saffah (r. 750–754) and al-Mansur (r. 754–775); he was also connected to the ruling line by his marriage to Ulayya, daughter of the...

figures such as: the Sufi mystic Raabi'a al-Adwiyya (714–801 CE), the princess and poet 'Ulayya bint al-Mahdi (777–825 CE), the singing-girls Shāriyah...

princess Ulayya bint al-Mahdi (777–825), Abbasid princess Mahdi Falahati (born 1958), Iranian writer, political expert, television presenter and poet Mahdi Fleifel...

figures, such as the Sufi mystic Raabi'a al-Adwiyya (714–801 CE), the princess and poet 'Ulayya bint al-Mahdi (777–825 CE), and the singing-girls Shāriyah...

fifth caliph Harun al-Rashid (r. 786–809) and the poet and princess ‘Ulayya bint al-Mahdī. There was later some dispute about the sale, as Shāriyah's alleged...

accomplishments, as long as they observed the seclusion. Princess Ulayya bint al-Mahdi only performed in private, chaperoned family functions to avoid any...

poet Raabi'a al-Adwiyya (714–801), Arabic poet Xue Tao (薛濤, 768–831), Chinese poet 'Ulayya bint al-Mahdi (777–825), Arabic poet Laila bint Tarif (died...

C8–9 CE) Raabi'a al-Adwiyya (Arabic: رابعة العدوية, 714–801 CE) Laila bint Tarif (Arabic: لَيلْى بنت طريف, d. 815 CE) 'Ulayya bint al-Mahdi (Arabic: عُلَيّة...

had two sisters, Salsal bint Atta and Asma bint Atta, and a brother Ghitrif ibn Atta. She was al-Mahdi's favourite wife. Al-Mahdi consulted her on important...

Harun al-Rashid's half-sister ‘Ulayya bint al-Mahdī (777-825) was also known for her poetic skills, as was the mystic and poet of Basra Rabi'a al-'Adawiyya...

linguistic reasons with hazaj). The following Arabic epigram by ‘Ulayya bint al-Mahdī is in wāfir metre: كتمتُ اسم الحبيب من العباد * وردّدت الصبابة في...