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...

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

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...

social life expanded the institution of the qiyan; the female slave entertainer. Being a slave, the qiyan was not subjected to the sex segregation enforced...

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...

sold and would become free upon the death of her enslaver; and a qina or qiyan, which was a female slave educated as an entertainer in singing, music,...

Imperial Harem Safavid imperial harem Qajar harem Jarya/Cariye Odalisque Qiyan Umm al-walad Circassian slave trade Saqaliba Slavery in the Rashidun Caliphate...

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...