Zawba'a the seeress

زوبعة الكاهنة

One of the Arab kahins marked, in al-Mas'udi's report, by bodily defect — listed with Shiqq, Satih, Sammalqa, Sadif, Tarifa, Muzayqiya's brother, Haritha, Juhayna and the Bahila seeress 1.

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Zawba'a al-Kahina, a soothsayer of the Arabs. al-Mas'udi counts her among those who had deformed bodies, in the manner of soothsayers 1.

He mentions her with Shiq, Satih, Sadif ibn Humas, Tarifa, Imran the brother of Muzayqiya, Haritha and Juhayna, and the soothsayer of Bahila 1.

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  1. Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 484
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