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Dahma bint Yahya (died 1434 / 837 A.H.) was a Yemeni scholar and poet, "well-versed in syntax, Law, metaphysics, astronomy, astrology and chemistry".

Biography

She was the daughter of the scholar Yaḥyā Ibn al-Murtaḍā and the sister of Imam Al-Mahdī Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyā. After studying under her brother, she became a writer herself. She also taught at schools in Thulā. She died in 837 A.H.

Works

• Sharh al-Azhar, 4 vols.
• Sharh al-Manzuma
• al-Kufi
• Sharh Mukhtasar al-Muntaha

References

1. Muḥammad Isḥāq Mā'il K̲h̲airābādī; Māʾil Ḵẖairābādī (1982). Status of Women in Islamic Society. Maktaba Hijab. p. 143.
2. A Critical Edition of Al-Hasir li Fawa'id al-Muqaddima li Tahir, p.85-6.

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