Ibn Qays al-Ruqayyat
عبد الله بن قيس الرقيات
The poet on Yazid — 'the world and Salama the priest's girl have seduced him leaving no wit or soul' — and on Mus'ab's radiant beauty 1.
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Overview
Abdallah ibn Qays al-Ruqayyat, a poet. Al-Mas'udi gives verses of his on two caliphs and two emirs. 2
His verses
He said of Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik that he was seduced by this world and by the gentleness of the priest, so that the two left the priest with neither mind nor soul. 2
He also composed a verse on Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr describing the radiance of his face. 3
His life and the date of his death need an additional source.
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 185, 101
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.185
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.101
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