Qiyan

singer,Poet of Abbasid period

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slave singer and poet of Umayyad period

Al-Andalus poet

Arabic poet of the Umayyad period

Arabian Qiyan-courtesan musician, singer and poet.

Al-Karakiya (fl. 1260), was a qiyan poet and musician, active in Mamluk Sultanate Egypt.