Al-Afyuni, Abd Allah ibn Umar
الأفيوني عبد الله بن عمر
1741 CE · 1154 AH
A man of letters and poet from Tripoli in Syria, where he was born and raised; he later worked in Egypt.
At a glance
- Roles
- Poet · writer
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Gunpowder Empires
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Life in time
Place in the story
- PoetTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
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موجز
عبد الله بن عمر بن محمد الحنفي الطرابلسي الأفيوني أديب وشاعر من طرابلس الشام. وُلد فيها ونشأ، وعمل في مصر. 1
الوفاة
توفي سنة 1154هـ (1741م). 1
People and things also explored
al-Tanahmir: the Himyaritic speech remnant· Arab naming of children after plants· The delegation of Banu Tamim and the boasting contest· Ka'b ibn Zuhayr's pardon and recitation of Banat Su'ad· Khuza'a's appeal to Medina· Salim ibn Umayr's mission to kill Abu Afak· Umayr ibn Adi al-Khatmi's mission to kill Asma' bint Marwan· The killing of Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO, p.226
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Al-Afyuni, Abd Allah ibn Umar”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-afyuni-abd-allah-ibn-umar/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-16.