At a glance
- Era
- Abbasid Fragmentation
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
In time
Overview
Towards the end of 312/924, perhaps under pressure from the Karmatians who had just taken and sacked Kufa, Abu al-Tayyib and his family made a first stay of two years in the Samawa, the desert steppe between the Sawad of Kufa and the Palmyrene, among the nomadic Banu Kalb; there the boy gained the profound knowledge of Arabic of which he was later so proud, returning to Kufa at the beginning of 315/927 1.
Connections
- Had participant
- al-Mutanabbi
- During the reign of
- al-Muqtadir bi'llah
People and things also explored
Birth of al-Mutanabbi at Kufa, 303/915· Al-Mutanabbi leaves Kufa as a wandering poet, 316/928· al-Bimaristan al-Muqtadiri· Abu Tahir al-Qarmati Enters Kufa· Al-Ash'ari composes Maqalat al-Islamiyyin and his refutations of the Mu'tazila· Al-Ash'ari moves to Baghdad late in life· Al-Ash'ari publicly renounces Mu'tazilism in the Great Mosque of Basra, 300/912-13· Fires at Bab al-Sham and Karkh
Sources
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 7 p. 769
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “The family's flight to the Samawa, 312/924”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/mutanabbi-samawa-312/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.
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