Buthaina bint al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad
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Buthaina bint al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad (Arabic: بثينة بنت المعتمد بن عباد) was a poet of Al-Andalus. She was born in 1070 and was the daughter of al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad, ruler of the Taifa of Seville, and his consort Al-Rumaikiyya, an Andalusian poet. One of her poems, "Listen to my words", is about being sold into slavery after her father was overthrown.[1]
References
- ^ Brozyna, Martha A. (2005-03-21). Gender and Sexuality in the Middle Ages: A Medieval Source Documents Reader. McFarland. pp. 309–310. ISBN 9780786420421.
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- Abbadid dynasty
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- 1070 births
- Year of death unknown