Medieval singers

Arab musician of Persian origin (742–804)

Arabian Qiyan-courtesan musician, singer and poet.

Arabic poet of the Umayyad period

Arab poet of Abbasid period

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.