Dananir al Barmakiyya
Dananir al Barmakiyya () (late 8th-century - early 9th-century) was an Arabian Qiyan-courtesan musician, singer and poet. She is also known as the author of the famous Book of Songs. She was from Medina. She was sold to Yahya ibn Khalid al-Barmaki. As a slave, she was trained to become a qiyan. She was a student of the qiyan-musician Badhl, who was known for the number of songs she retained in her memory. Among her instructors were Ishaf al-Mausuli, Ibn Jami and Fulaih. Dananir is noted as one of the most famous quian -musicians. She is described as an accomplished poet, musician and singer. As a singer, she was popular with the Abbasid Caliph Harun al-Rashid (r. 786–809), who visited his minister's house in Baghdad to hear her perform, and gave her extravagant gifts, including a necklace worth 30,000 gold coins. She is most known as the author of the famous Book of Songs.