Safiyya صفية | |
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Born | Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate (now Iraq) |
Died | Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate |
Resting place | Baghdad |
Pen name | Safiyya al-Baghdadiyya (صفية البغدادية) |
Occupation | Arabic Poet |
Language | Arabic |
Nationality | Caliphate |
Period | Islamic Golden Age (Later Abbasid era) |
Safiyya al-Baghdadiyya (Arabic: صفية البغدادية) was a Medieval Arabic poet writing during the 12th Century CE. This late period of the Abbasids has been called a Golden Age which 'created a liberal, but elite, society keen to enjoy Allah's earthly gifts'.[1]