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  "ar": "محبوبة وصيفة المتوكل"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "جارية المتوكل، كانت شاعرة عالمة بصنوف العلم عوادة، فلما قتل ضمت إلى بغا الكبير فأمر بها للمنادمة فاعتذرت فأقسم عليها فغنت ارتجالاً أي عيش يلذ لي لا أرى فيه جعفرا ملك قد رأيته في نجيع معفرا فبكى بغا حتى غشي عليه وأمر بتخييرها {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p. 544} وعند السيوطي نشأت بالطائف وتعلمت الأدب وروت الأشعار وأغري بها المتوكل ثم غضب عليها ومنع جواري القصر من كلامها فرآها في منامه كأنه صالحها فوجدها تضرب بالعود وتنشد هل شفيع لنا إلى ملك قد زارني في الكرى فصالحني فصالحها وردها إلى مرتبتها {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p. 548-549}.، وعند المسعودي صاغت لحناً وغنته وكاتبة في الخد بالمسك جعفراً، وغنت لما غاضبها أدور في القصر لا أرى أحداً أشكو إليه حتى سمعها فصالحها {cite:muruj-al-dhahab p. 510-511}",
  "en": "Al-Mutawakkil's concubine — poet, scholar of all sciences, lute-player; after his murder she passed to Bugha the Elder, who forced her to sing — she improvised 'what life delights me without Ja'far, a king I saw strewn in his blood?' until Bugha wept himself faint and gave her the choice {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p. 544}."
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  "gender": "female",
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "تاريخ الخلفاء للسيوطي (ط المنهاج 1434هـ/2013م) ص 538–544",
   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 High) from Apple Vision OCR",
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   "source/muruj-al-dhahab"
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 "prose": {
  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "محبوبة جارية المتوكل. يذكر السيوطي أنها كانت شاعرة عالمة بصنوف العلم عوّادة. {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p.544} وهي مرتبطة بـ[[person/al-mutawakkil|المتوكل]]."
    },
    {
     "heading": "بعد مقتل المتوكل",
     "markdown": "يروي السيوطي أنها ضُمّت بعد مقتله إلى بغا الكبير، فأمر بها للمنادمة فاعتذرت. فأقسم عليها فغنّت ارتجالاً أبياتاً تبكي فيها جعفراً. فبكى بغا حتى غشي عليه، وأمر بتخييرها. {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p.544}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "الخصام والصلح",
     "markdown": "ويذكر السيوطي أنها نشأت بالطائف وتعلمت الأدب وروت الأشعار. ثم غضب عليها المتوكل ومنع جواري القصر من كلامها. فرآها في منامه كأنه صالحها، فوجدها تضرب بالعود وتنشد، فصالحها وردها إلى مرتبتها. {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p.548-549}\n\nوللمسعودي رواية أخرى: صاغت لحناً وغنته، وكتبت اسم جعفر بالمسك على خدها، وغنت لما غاضبها حتى سمعها فصالحها. {cite:muruj-al-dhahab p.510-511}"
    }
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "Mahbuba, a slave-girl of al-Mutawakkil. Al-Suyuti says that she was a poet, learned in the various sciences, and a singer. {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p.544} She was linked to [[person/al-mutawakkil|al-Mutawakkil]]."
    },
    {
     "heading": "After the killing of al-Mutawakkil",
     "markdown": "Al-Suyuti relates that after his killing she was added to Bugha al-Kabir's household. He ordered her to attend his drinking gatherings, and she excused herself. He swore on her, and she sang an improvised verse weeping for Ja'far, and Bugha wept until he fainted, and ordered that she be given the choice. {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p.544}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Quarrel and reconciliation",
     "markdown": "Al-Suyuti also says that she grew up in al-Ta'if, learned literature and related poetry. Then al-Mutawakkil became angry with her and forbade the slave-girls of the palace to speak to her. He saw her in a dream as if he had been reconciled with her; he found her playing the lute and singing, reconciled with her, and returned her to her rank. {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p.548-549}\n\nAl-Mas'udi has another report: she composed a melody and sang it, and wrote the name of Ja'far in musk upon her cheek, and sang when he was angry with her until he heard her and was reconciled. {cite:muruj-al-dhahab p.510-511}"
    }
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     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
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  "event/al-qummi-buja-war",
  "event/bugha-pacification-armenia",
  "event/conquest-of-barah",
  "event/demolition-of-husayn-tomb",
  "event/founding-of-mutawakkiliyya",
  "event/ghiyar-decree-235",
  "event/mutawakkil-damascus-residence"
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