'Auf ibn al-Ahwas

'Auf ibn al-Ahwas was the son of the chief of 'Amir ibn Sa'sa'ah who commanded at Shi'b Jabalah (in or about A.D. 570), and himself one of the captains that day. He was grandfather of 'Alqamah ibn 'Ulathah, the rival of 'Amir ibn at-Tufail.

Lyall describes Ode XXXVI as a collection of fragments, wanting both beginning and end.