Dahma bint Yahya | |
Nationality: | Yemini |
Genre: | Poetry |
Dahma bint Yahya (died 1434 / 837 A.H.) was a Yemeni scholar and poet, "well-versed in syntax, Law, metaphysics, astronomy, astrology and chemistry".[1]
She was the daughter of the scholar Yaḥyā Ibn al-Murtaḍā and the sister of Imam Al-Mahdī Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyā. After studying under her brother, she became a writer herself. She also taught at schools in Thulā. She died in 837 A.H.[2]