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Era: Pre-Islamic Arabia

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Tarifa al-Kahina, an Arab soothsayer whom al-Mas'udi mentions among the well-known soothsayers, together with Shiq, Satih, Samalqa, Sadif bint Humas and others ².

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Lived in: Jazirat al-Arab (the Arabian Peninsula)

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The Arabs· Muwatta 2606· Muwatta 2607· Aban ibn Sa'id ibn al-As· Abbad ibn Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr· Abbad ibn Hunayf· Abbas Almohri· Abd al-Aziz al-Qari'

Sources

Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p. 484
Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p.484

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islam.museum contributors. “Tarifa the diviner”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/tarifa-al-kahina/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-10.

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The Arabs

The Arabs — the Arabic-speaking peoples originally of the Arabian Peninsula, whose genealogies and early kings al-Mas'udi gathers in Muruj al-Dhahab. Draft card from an open reference description (Wikidata); not yet checked on the source page.