Dahma bint Yahya
Dahma bint Yahya | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Yemini |
| Genre | Poetry |
Dahma bint Yahya (died 1434 / 837 A.H.) was a Yemeni scholar and poet, "well-versed in syntax, Law, metaphysics, astronomy, astrology and chemistry".[1]
Biography
[edit]She was the daughter of the scholar Yaḥyā Ibn al-Murtaḍā and the sister of Imam Al-Mahdī Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyā. After studying under her brother, she became a writer herself. She also taught at schools in Thulā. She died in 837 A.H.[2]
Works
[edit]- Sharh al-Azhar, 4 vols.
- Sharh al-Manzuma
- al-Kufi
- Sharh Mukhtasar al-Muntaha
References
[edit]- ^ Muḥammad Isḥāq Mā'il K̲h̲airābādī; Māʾil Ḵẖairābādī (1982). Status of Women in Islamic Society. Maktaba Hijab. p. 143.
- ^ A Critical Edition of Al-Hasir li Fawa'id al-Muqaddima li Tahir, p.85-6.
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