Back رابعة بنت كعب Arabic رابعه بنت كعب ARZ Rābi'a bint Ka'b German Rabia Balĥi Esperanto Rabia Balkhi Basque رابعه بلخی Persian Rabia Balkhi French ראביעה בלח'י HE Rabia Balkhi Italian Rabi’a Balkhi NB
Rabia Balkhi (Arabic: رابعة بنت كعب, Persian: رابعه بلخی) also known as Rabia al-Quzdari (or Khuzdari),[a] was a 10th-century writer who composed poetry in Persian and Arabic. She is the first known female poet to write in Persian.
A non-mystic poet, her imagery was later transformed into that of a mystic poet by authors such as Attar of Nishapur (died 1221) and Jami (died 1492). She became a semi-legendary figure, famous for her love story with the slave Bektash.
Her shrine is located in the mausoleum of the 15th-century Naqshbandi Sufi Khwaja Abu Nasr Parsa (died 1460) in the city of Balkh, now present-day Afghanistan. She is celebrated in the Balochistan province of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran through various schools, hospitals, and roads being named after her.
- ^ Aftab 2022, p. 205.
- ^ Dabashi 2012, p. 89.
- ^ Sharma 2009, p. 151.
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