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Shahda bint al-Ibri

شهدة بنت الإبري

c. 1178 CE · c. 574 AH

Fakhr al-Nisa' Shahda bt. Ahmad al-Ibri (d. c. 574, aged over 90) — Baghdad's celebrated woman calligrapher and high-isnad muhadditha; taught crowds, her chains passing through al-Batri, Ibn al-Talha al-Nu'ali and Ibn al-Zayni 1.

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: أبو المحاسن الشواء · Abu Musa al-Madini · Ali ibn Isma'il al-Abyari · Al-Anbari, Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad · Al-Baydawi, Abd Allah ibn Umar

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  1. Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
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