Zād-Mihr (fl. mid-tenth century) was a poet and singer in Basra and one of the educated enslaved courtesans who rose to fame in Abbasid Iraq. She was a master of mujūn, the obscene and bawdy poetry and conversation that was popular in Classical Arabic literature. She became best known for a series of letters to her owner, written in characteristically witty language, peppered with creative profanities and inventive metaphors, and interspersed with colloquial language and odd vernacular expressions.

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Zād-Mihr

  • Pernilla Myrne

摘要

Zād-Mihr (fl. mid-tenth century) was a poet and singer in Basra and one of the educated enslaved courtesans who rose to fame in Abbasid Iraq. She was a master of mujūn, the obscene and bawdy poetry and conversation that was popular in Classical Arabic literature. She became best known for a series of letters to her owner, written in characteristically witty language, peppered with creative profanities and inventive metaphors, and interspersed with colloquial language and odd vernacular expressions.