Arabic & Persian

'Abd-Yaghuth ibn Waqqas

6th century


'Abd-Yaghuth ibn Waqqas was chief of the Banu-l-Harith ibn Ka'b, of the Madhhij group of the Yaman, whose headquarters was Najran. In the account of the battle of al-Kulab the Second he led the Madhhij confederacy against Tamim.

Lyall dates that period to about A.D. 611-12.

  1. Ode XXX: Upbraid me not, ye twain

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