Many Muslim women have made history as accomplished musicians and dancers at the highest level; several were engaged as court performers and were generously rewarded. Thus we know of Nasab, whose skill in drumming was such that the Fatimid Caliph al-Mustansir bi Allah gave her a plot of land in Cairo, which subsequently grew into a neighbourhood known after her as al-Tabalah – The Drummer. One female musician, the lute player, Itifaq, even succeeded in marrying the Mamluk ruler al-Malik al-Muzaffar Haji bin Qalawun. When she came to perform, he spread silk fabrics on the floor for her to tread on, and after she had finished, he gave her four jewels and six pearls, worth 4,000 dinars.