Arabic & Persian

Khurashah ibn 'Amr

6th century


Khurashah ibn 'Amr of 'Abs is not mentioned in the ordinary books of reference, and Lyall has no genealogy of him beyond his father's name; the name is also spelt Kharashah.

The title of the poem says it was composed on the Day of Shi'b Jabalah, when 'Abs was allied with 'Amir ibn Sa'sa'ah.

  1. Ode CXXI: The tent-traces in al-Jaunani refuse to

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