Dahma bint Yahya explained

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]

Biography

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]

Works

Notes and References

  1. Book: Muḥammad Isḥāq Mā'il K̲h̲airābādī. Māʾil Ḵẖairābādī. Status of Women in Islamic Society. 1982. Maktaba Hijab. 143.
  2. https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/29344/1/10731439.pdf A Critical Edition of Al-Hasir li Fawa'id al-Muqaddima li Tahir