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page 1Medieval Arabic-language singers
Ziryab
'''Abu al-Hasan 'Ali Ibn Nafi (; 789– 857), commonly known as Ziryab,''' was a singer, oud and lute player, composer, poet, and teacher. He lived and worked in what is now Iraq, Northern Africa, and Andalusia during the medieval Islamic period. He was also a polymath, with knowledge in astronomy, geography, meteorology, botanics, cosmetics, culinary art, and fashion.
Ibrahim Al-Mausili
Arab musician of Persian origin (742–804)
Arib al-Ma'muniyya
singer,Poet of Abbasid period
Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi
Abbasid prince, singer, composer and poet (779–839)
Faḍl al-Yamamiya
Iraqi poet during abbasid era
Shāriyah
Shāriyah (, born in al-Basra; died c. 870 CE) was an ‘Abbasid qayna (enslaved singing-girl), who enjoyed a prominent place in the court of Al-Wathiq (r. 842–847).
Djamila
Arabic poet of the Umayyad period
Azza al-Mayla
Arabian Qiyan-courtesan musician, singer and poet.
Alam al-Malika
politician

Ibn Muhriz
Atika bint Shuhda
Arabic poet, musician and singer of Abbasid period
Dananir al Barmakiyya
Arab poet of Abbasid period
Mukhariq
Abu’l-Muhannāʾ Mukhāriq ibn Yaḥyā ibn Nāwūs () (), was one of the most distinguished singers of the Abbasid period, and a protege of the Barmakids and the caliphs from Harun al-Rashid to al-Wathiq.