Khosrovidukht
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Khosrovidukht (Armenian: Խոսրովիդուխտ) was an hymnographer and poet who lived during the 8th century. One of the earliest known women musicians, she is recorded as having been a member of the royal family, but here accounts differ as to her historical importance. Some sources hold that in the 8th-century, her brother was abducted by Muslim Arabs; following this, she was taken to the fortress of Ani-Kamakh, now known as Kemah, where she lived in isolation for twenty years. <a href="https://www.la
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thumb|Modern-day Kemah, Erzincan|Kemah, Turkey, where the ancient city Ani-Kamakh was in which Khosrovidukht was imprisoned
Khosrovidukht (, ; ) was an Armenian hymnographer and poet who lived during the early 8th century. After her slightly earlier contemporary Sahakdukht, she is the first known woman of Armenian literature and music, and among the earliest woman composers in the history of music.