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Qiyān (Arabic: قِيان, Arabic: [qi'jæːn];
singular qayna, Arabic: قَينة, Arabic: ['qɑjnæh]) were a
social class of women,
trained as entertainers, which...
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Qiyan were a
social class of women,
trained as entertainers,
which existed in the pre-modern
Islamic world.
Qiyan may also
refer to:
Qiyan metro station...
- al-Ma'muniyya (Arabic: عَرِيب المأمونية, 797-890),
qiyan Faḍl al-Shāʻirah (Arabic: فضل الشاعرة, d. 871 ),
qiyan Hwang Jini (fl. 1550):
legendary gisaeng of the...
- Aziz (fl. 822), was a
qiyan poet and musician,
active in the
Umayyad state of Córdoba. She was the
royal slave concubine of
Caliph Al-Hakam I (r. 796–822)...
- Adschība (fl. 1218), was a
qiyan poet and musician,
active in
Ayyubid Egypt. She was a
member of the
Ayyubid harem as the
royal slave concubine of Sultan...
- sold and
would become free upon the
death of her enslaver; and a qina or
qiyan,
which was a
female slave educated as an
entertainer in singing, music,...
- Li
Qiyan (Chinese: 李其炎; pinyin: Lǐ
Qíyán) (October 1938 – 3 June 2020) was a
Chinese politician who
served as
mayor of
Beijing from
February 1993 to November...
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social life
expanded the
institution of the
qiyan; the
female slave entertainer.
Being a slave, the
qiyan was not
subjected to the ****
segregation enforced...
- to
instruct a
category of
female slaves to
become entertainers;
qiyan. The
female qiyan slave entertainer,
often referred to as "singing
slave girls",...
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Surur (fl. 1193), was a
qiyan poet and musician,
active in
Ayyubid Egypt. She was the
royal slave concubine of
Sultan Al-Aziz
Uthman (r. 1193–1198). Surur...
