ʿĀʾisha al-Bāʾuniyya was a Muslim scholar, jurist, Sufi mystic, and poet from fifteenth-century Mamluk Damascus (part of the Turkic Mamluk Sultanate (1250–1517)). She rose to prominence in her native Syria, in the vibrant scholarly community of the Damascene municipality of Ṣāliḥiyya, before moving to Cairo, where she socialized with Mamluk royalty and scholarly elites—even engaging in a lengthy public debate with the Mamluk Sultan. She was revered as a leading mystic in her time, famous for her devotion to the Prophet Muhammad, and was authorized to issue legal rulings of Islamic law. She was a prolific writer and poet, whose comprehensive works have survived as a rare example of medieval Muslim female authorship. Her extant writings include an authoritative guide on Sufism as well as lengthy collections of her own poetry and mystical insights.