Salama al-Qass
سلامة القس
The singing-girl bought from Suhayl for three thousand dinars who ruled Yazid's heart — 'the world and Salama the priest's girl have seduced him' 1.
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Salama al-Qass, a slave-girl of Suhayl ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf (may God be pleased with him) al-Zuhri. al-Mas'udi reports that Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik bought her for three thousand dinars, was taken with her, and she came to control his affairs. Ibn Qays al-Ruqayyat composed a verse about her, which al-Mas'udi quotes 2.
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- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 185
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.185
- الدولة الأموية — بكر محمد إبراهيم بكر (الطبعة الأولى، مركز الراية للنشر والإعلام، القاهرة 2002)
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