Nashit

Nashit (Arabic: نشیط derived from Persian: نشید)
OccupationSinger
Years activeSecond half of the 1st century A.H. in Medina
Known forIntroducing Persian style of singing to Medina

Nashit (Arabic: نشیط derived from Persian: نشید; fl. second half of the 7th century) was a singer of Persian origin, acquired as a slave by Abd Allah b. Dja'far b. Abi Talib, and who flourished in the second half of the 1st century A.H. in Medina.

His Persian style of singing was a great success there, compelling other singers to imitate it, but Nashit himself had to learn the Arab style and songs in order to enlarge his repertoire.

References

  1. 1 2 The encyclopaedia of Islam = Encyclopédie de l'Islam. prep. by a number of leading orientalists (New ed.). Leiden [u.a.]: Brill. 1993. p. 976. ISBN 9004094199. Nashit was a singer of Persian origin, acquired as a slave by Abd Allah b. Dja'far b. Abi Talib, and who flourished in the second half of the 1st century A.H. in Medina.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. ↑ Meyers Sawa, Suzanne M. (2013). "ʿAzza al-Maylāʾ". In Fleet, Kate; Krämer, Gudrun; Matringe, Denis; Nawas, John; Rowson, Everett (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam (3rd ed.). Brill Online. ISSN 1873-9830. (...) as well as the Persian singers Nashīṭ (fl. second half of the first/seventh century) and Sāʿib Khāthir (d. 63/683).

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