Salamah ibn al-Khurshub

Salamah ibn al-Khurshub belonged to the Anmar, a stock celebrated, Lyall says, for producing men of mark. Lyall notes difficulties in the genealogy that connects him with the battle of ar-Raqam and doubts whether the first poem is rightly ascribed to him.

Ode V is addressed to 'Amir ibn at-Tufail; Ode VI, from verse 3 onward, praises his mare.