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Labana of Cordoba was a 10th century poet Xth century poet, mathematician and civil servant of  Muslim Spain.

Her math skills were said to be exceptional and "equal to the solution of the most complex geometrical and algebraic problems" Her wide range of other skills led to her becoming the private secretary of Al-Hakam II, a role that was very uncommon for a woman to hold during much of Western history.

She, along with Ayesha daughter of prince Ahmed Valada princess of the Almohades Algasania and Safia Miriam-bint-Yaqub Umm-al-Saad are frequently held up as examples of how women in the Muslim world had greater social opportunities and cultural impact than their female contemporaries in the rest of continental Europe or other parts of the Muslim world.