Mahbuba (singer)

Mahbuba was a 9th-century slave entertainer in the Abbasid Caliphate.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Craig Perry. "Slavery and agency in the Middle Ages". In Craig Perry; Stanley L. Engerman; David Richardson (eds.). The Cambridge World History of Slavery: Volume 2, AD 500–AD 1420. p. 248-9.
  2. ^ John Haag (1999). "Mahbuba (fl. 9th c.)". In Anne Commire (ed.). Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21 August 2025 – via Encyclopedia.com.

Further reading

  • Ibn al-Sāʿī, Consorts of the Caliphs: Women and the Court of Baghdad. Ed. Shawkat M. Toorawa, NYU Press, 2015, pp.76-83.
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