Qiyān (Arabic: قِيان, Arabic: [qi'jæːn]; singular qayna, Arabic: قَينة, Arabic: ['qɑjnæh]) were a social class of women, trained as entertainers, which...

Qiyan were a social class of women, trained as entertainers, which existed in the pre-modern Islamic world. Qiyan may also refer to: Qiyan metro station...

al-Ma'muniyya (Arabic: عَرِيب المأمونية, 797-890), qiyan Faḍl al-Shāʻirah (Arabic: فضل الشاعرة, d. 871 ), qiyan Hwang Jini (fl. 1550): legendary gisaeng of the...

Li Qiyan (Chinese: 李其炎; pinyin: Lǐ Qíyán) (October 1938 – 3 June 2020) served as mayor of Beijing from February 1993 to November 1996. He was originally...

to instruct a category of female slaves to become entertainers; qiyan. The female qiyan slave entertainer, often referred to as "singing slave girls",...

special training in artistic skills.[citation needed] In contrast to the Qiyan, however, they normally did not perform for men other than the man in whose...

Qiyan jueju (七言絕句; abbr. qijue 七絕), known in Japan as shichigon-zekku (七言絶句) is a type of jueju poetry form consisting of four phrases each seven Chinese...

by Ilango Adigal Devadasi Deuki Ca trù, a similar profession in Vietnam Qiyan, a similar profession in Arab Geisha, a similar profession in Japan Shirabyōshi...

The Taipei Metro Qiyan station (formerly transliterated as Chiyen Station until 2003) is located in the Beitou District of Taipei City, Taiwan. It is...

to avoid any potential impropriety, such as to be compared to the slave-qiyan, jawaris or mughanniyat, but she was referred to as a qayna as a tribute...