A Biographical Dictionary of the Celebrated Women of Every Age and Country/Aisha (of Spain)
AISHA, a Poetess of Spain, during the Time the Moors had Possession of that Kingdom, who flourished at the End of the Twelfth Century.
At this time, the Moors cultivated every species of polite literature with success, while the rest of Europe was sunk in ignorance and sloth. Amongst the women, who particularly distinguished themselves, was this lady, daughter of the duke Ahmedi, so that "she was honoured and esteemed by kings." Her poems and orations were frequently read with applause in the Royal Academy of Corduba. She was a virtuous character, lived unmarried, and left behind her many monuments of her genius, and a large and select library.
Bibliothecæ Arabico Hispaniæ Escurialensis.