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20 January 2024

  • curprev 13:2713:27, 20 January 2024‎ Robinr78 talk contribs‎ 6,388 bytes +6,388‎ Created page with "{{Header|Qiyan 01/24}} '''Qiyān''' (Arabic: قِيان, Arabic: [qi'jæːn]; singular qayna, Arabic: قَينة, Arabic: ['qɑjnæh]) were a social class of women, trained as entertainers, which existed in the pre-modern Islamic world. The term has been used for both non-free women and free, including some of which came from the nobility. It has been suggested that "the geisha of Japan are perhaps the most comparable form of socially institutionalized female companions..."
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