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'''Azza al-Mayla''' (7th-century - d. 705) was an Arabian [[Qiyan]]-courtesan musician, singer and poet.<ref>Hilary Kilpatrick:''[https://ift.tt/3sSuRQN Making the Great Book of Songs: Compilation and the Author's Craft in Abū L]''</ref>
She was a ''mawali'', which mean she was a freedwoman-client who converted to Islam, which was the usual background for free professional musical artists in the Caliphate. Her origin is unknown, but it is known that most former slave musicians in Medina in this time period were of Persian-Zoriastrian origin.
She and her colleague [[Djamila (singer)|Jamila]] (d. 720) was one of only two free female musicians known to have managed their own ''[[majlis]]'', which was a form of entertainment sessions or salon which was at this time still acceptable for women and men to attend together, as Arabian upper class women was not yet fully subjected to [[gender segregation]].<ref>Shiloah, Arnnon. Music in the world of Islam: a socio-cultural study I. Title
306.4840917671</ref> The madjlis played a big role in the lively musical life of [[Medina]], in which the musicians performed and attracted patrons and students. Azza al-Mayla performed in the presence of both women and men, and described by men who admired: 'Azza al-Mayla's beauty, her supple waist and graceful walk, because of which she was called al-Maylii'.<ref>Shiloah, Arnnon. Music in the world of Islam: a socio-cultural study I. Title
306.4840917671</ref>
As an artist, she was described as a musician of "great innate musical talent, enhanced by a superb voice and impressive skill in playing musical instruments".<ref>Shiloah, Arnnon. Music in the world of Islam: a socio-cultural study I. Title 306.4840917671</ref>
She was a student in Arabian songs of the female singers Ra'iqa, Sirin and Zerneb, and a student in Persian airs of Sii'ib Khiithir and Nashit, who were known as Persian music performers. She combined old and new music in her art and was referred to as the 'queen of singers'.<ref>Shiloah, Arnnon. Music in the world of Islam: a socio-cultural study I. Title 306.4840917671</ref>
==References==
[[Category:8th-century women musicians]]
[[Category:8th-century musicians]]
[[Category:Arabian slaves and freedmen]]
[[Category:Medieval singers]]
[[Category:Qiyan]]
[[Category:705 deaths]]
She was a ''mawali'', which mean she was a freedwoman-client who converted to Islam, which was the usual background for free professional musical artists in the Caliphate. Her origin is unknown, but it is known that most former slave musicians in Medina in this time period were of Persian-Zoriastrian origin.
She and her colleague [[Djamila (singer)|Jamila]] (d. 720) was one of only two free female musicians known to have managed their own ''[[majlis]]'', which was a form of entertainment sessions or salon which was at this time still acceptable for women and men to attend together, as Arabian upper class women was not yet fully subjected to [[gender segregation]].<ref>Shiloah, Arnnon. Music in the world of Islam: a socio-cultural study I. Title
306.4840917671</ref> The madjlis played a big role in the lively musical life of [[Medina]], in which the musicians performed and attracted patrons and students. Azza al-Mayla performed in the presence of both women and men, and described by men who admired: 'Azza al-Mayla's beauty, her supple waist and graceful walk, because of which she was called al-Maylii'.<ref>Shiloah, Arnnon. Music in the world of Islam: a socio-cultural study I. Title
306.4840917671</ref>
As an artist, she was described as a musician of "great innate musical talent, enhanced by a superb voice and impressive skill in playing musical instruments".<ref>Shiloah, Arnnon. Music in the world of Islam: a socio-cultural study I. Title 306.4840917671</ref>
She was a student in Arabian songs of the female singers Ra'iqa, Sirin and Zerneb, and a student in Persian airs of Sii'ib Khiithir and Nashit, who were known as Persian music performers. She combined old and new music in her art and was referred to as the 'queen of singers'.<ref>Shiloah, Arnnon. Music in the world of Islam: a socio-cultural study I. Title 306.4840917671</ref>
==References==
[[Category:8th-century women musicians]]
[[Category:8th-century musicians]]
[[Category:Arabian slaves and freedmen]]
[[Category:Medieval singers]]
[[Category:Qiyan]]
[[Category:705 deaths]]
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