Arabic & Persian

al-Muthaqqib

6th century


'A'idh ibn Mihsan, called al-Muthaqqib, was of the Lukaiz division of 'Abd al-Qais on the Persian Gulf. His Ode XXVIII shows him to be a contemporary of an-Nu'man Abu Qabus, the last Lakhmite king of al-Hirah.

He was the maternal uncle of al-Mumazzaq.

  1. Ode XXVIII: Alas ! yesterday the newly-knit bond
  2. Ode LXXVI: O Fatimah, before thou goest grant
  3. Ode LXXVII: Say not, when thou hast not

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