Arabic & Persian

al-Mumazzaq

6th century


Sha's ibn Nahar, called al-Mumazzaq, was the sister's son of al-Muthaqqib and, like him, of the Lukaiz division of 'Abd al-Qais. Lyall says very little of his work has survived.

In Ode LXXXI he mentions an-Nu'man Abu Qabus, the last king of al-Hirah.

  1. Ode LXXX: Is there for a man any
  2. Ode LXXXI: The heart that was smitten with

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