Zaynab al-Awadiya[1] (Arabic: زينب الأوَدية, Zaynab al-Awadiyyah, sometimes spelled as al-Awadiyyah or al-Awdiyah) Also known as Zaynab of Banu Awd (Arabic: زينب طبيبة بني أود) was a 7th-century Arab physician and expert oculist.
[2] She was a member of the Arab tribe of Banu Awd.
As a proficient medical practitioner, she was widely renowned among the Arabs due to her expertise in treating sore eyes and wounds.
In particular, the Kitab al-Aghani (The Book of Songs) a major work of the 10th-century historian Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani.
And later in the encyclopedic work of the 13th-century physician Ibn Abi Usaibia, known as Uyūn ul-Anbāʾ fī Ṭabaqāt al-Aṭibbā (Biographical Encyclopedia of Physicians)