Arabic & Persian

Damrah ibn Damrah

6th century


Damrah ibn Damrah of Nahshal, of Darim, of Tamim, was originally called Shiqqah or Shiqq, according to Lyall's authorities; the story is that a king of al-Hirah thought the boy puny and miserable.

Lyall gives the retort the boy is said to have made to the king.

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