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al-Qattal al-Kilabi

القتال الكلابي

685~

Jazirat al-Arab (the Arabian Peninsula)

A poet nicknamed al-Qattal al-Kilabi, named Abd Allah ibn al-Mudarrahi, of Banu Abi Bakr ibn Kilab; the Hamasa commentary counts him an Islamic, Umayyad-era poet of small output {1}.

Depth

At a glance

Roles
Poet
Era
The Umayyad Period
Region
Arabia

Life in time

625650675700725750775 c. c. c.
The Early Abbasid Caliphate · The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate · The Umayyad Period Contemporaries: Abd al-A'la ibn Abdallah ibn Amir · Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan · Abd al-Malik ibn Abi Hurra · Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan · Abd al-Malik ibn Umayr

In space

Jazirat al-Arab (the Arabian Peninsula)

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Literature

Place in the story

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Lived in
Jazirat al-Arab (the Arabian Peninsula)

People and things also explored

Abdullah ibn Abi Atiq· Abu Afak· Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith· al-Akhzar ibn Lut al-Dili· al-Fadl ibn al-Abbas ibn Utba ibn Abi Lahab· al-Hadira· al-Harith ibn Hilliza al-Yashkuri· al-Harith ibn Sulayl al-Asadi

Sources

  1. Diwan al-Hamasa of Abu Tammam (1916 edition) , p.55
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