Born: Unknown, Spain
Died: 1010
Country most active: Spain
Also known as: ʿĀʾisha bint Aḥmad al-Qurṭubiyya, Aysha or al-Qurtubiyya
The following is excerpted from A Cyclopædia of Female Biography, published 1857 by Groomsbridge and Sons and edited by Henry Gardiner Adams.
A Poetess of Spain, during the time that the Moors had possession of that kingdom. She was a daughter of the duke of Ahmedi, and her poems and orations were frequently read with applause in the royal academy at Cordova. She was a virtuous character, lived unmarried, and left behind her many monuments of her genius, and a large and well-selected library.