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Ḳasmunah
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
Jewish poetess, Andalusian by birth; lived in the twelfth or thirteenth century and wrote in Arabic. Al-Maḳḳari included her in his list of Arabian poets in Spain. According to him Ḳasmunah's father, Ishmael, also was a poet and took great pains with the education of his daughter. He was in the habit of beginning a strophe and calling on her to finish it. Al-Maḳḳari has preserved only two of her verses.
Bibliography:- Al-Maḳḳari, Analectes sur l'Histoire et la Littérature des Arabes d'Espagne, 2:356;
- J. Q. R. 11:128;
- Kayserling, Die Jüdischen Frauen, p. 142, Leipsic, 1879;
- Bacher, in Monatsschrift, 20:186;
- Steinschneider, Arabische Literatur, § 228.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Ḳasmunah'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/a/asmunah.html. 1901.