al-Aswad ibn Ya'fur
الأسود بن يعفر
A jahili poet of Najran, author of the celebrated elegy for the house of Muharriq opening 'what can I hope for after the house of Muharriq left their dwellings, and after Iyad', in which he named the folk of al-Khawarnaq, al-Sadir, Marib and the palace of Sindad 1.
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موجز
الأسود بن يعفر شاعر جاهلي من أهل نجران، صاحب القصيدة المشهورة في رثاء آل محرق. ذكر فيها أهل الخورنق والسدير ومأرب وقصر سنداد. 2
Sources
- Masalik al-absar fi mamalik al-amsar — al-Umari (1924 printing), p. 229
- Masalik al-absar fi mamalik al-amsar — al-Umari (1924 printing), p.229
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