Muhja bint al-Tayyani
Eleventh-century Andalusian poet / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Muhja bint al-Tayyani al-Qurtubiyya (Arabic: مهجة بنت التياني القرطبية) (born in Córdoba, died in Córdoba 1097 CE) was an eleventh-century Andalusian poet.[1][2]
She was the daughter of a Cordoban merchant who was engaged in the sale of figs.[3] At some point, she met the famous poet Princess Wallada, who took her into her house — which served as a school of poetry for women — and mentored her.[3] Muhja became a celebrated poet, a profession that had a great recognition in Andalusian society.[4] Wallada was extremely fond of Muhja, writing her passionate (and rather explicit) love poetry, and there are suggestions they may have been lovers.[1][5][6]