Abu al-Faraj al-Makhzumi
أبو الفرج المخزومي
927 CE · 315 AH – 1008 CE · 398 AH
A poet, prose writer and man of letters born in Nasibin. Little is known of his upbringing.
At a glance
- Roles
- Poet · writer
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- 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
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.332
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islam.museum contributors. “Abu al-Faraj al-Makhzumi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-hamdani-abu-al-faraj/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.