Jamīla (English spelling)

Japanese: ジャミーラ（英語表記）Jamīla

? - A female Arab musician from the Umayyad dynasty around 720. She gained fame in Medina as a singer and music teacher. After her marriage, she taught music in her own home, which became a gathering place for musicians, music lovers, and poets in Medina and Mecca. She was praised as the "Queen of Song," but she also trained many excellent musicians and was highly regarded as an educator. Furthermore, when she made her pilgrimage to Mecca, singers and musicians from all over the country gathered to accompany her, and it is said that the musical event lasted for three days. [Awakura Hiroko]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

？‐720ころ
ウマイヤ朝のアラブの女流音楽家。メディナで歌手，音楽教師として名声を得る。結婚後自邸で音楽を教え，そこはメディナおよびメッカの音楽家，音楽愛好家，詩人たちの集いの場となった。〈歌の女王〉とたたえられたが，優れた音楽家を数多く育て，教育者としても高い評価を得ていた。また，彼女のメッカ巡礼の折には，各地から歌手，音楽家が集まって同伴し，その際の音楽の催しは3日にわたったと伝えられている。【粟倉宏子】

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