RAIQ

RAIQ (Raik, Rayyig, Rik) (Bloom of Youth) Arabian teacher and songstress. ca. 820. She was one of the foremost singers of the innovative, Persian-influenced romantic school of music. She was a slave in the household of Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi who later purchased Shariyya (q.v.) and Raiq became her teacher. Ref. Farmer, H.G. A History of Arabian Music to the XIIIth Century. London: Luzac, 1973.