Qiyan
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qiyan-189-10492598
title:
Qiyan
text:
Qiyān were a social class of women, trained as entertainers, which existed in the pre-modern Islamic world. The term has been used for women who were both free, including some of whom came from nobility, and non-free women. It has been suggested that "the geisha of Japan are perhaps the most comparable form of socially institutionalized female companionship and entertainment for male patrons, although, of course, the differences are also myriad". Historically, the qiyān flourished under the Umay
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Class of women entertainers in the pre-modern Islamic world
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qiyan
date created:
2018-06-15T20:58:43Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T14:45:04Z
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