Isa ibn Lahia al-Misri
عيسى بن لهيعة المصري
The Egyptian author of al-Hala'ib wa-al-Jala'ib, recording every horse-race run in Jahiliyya and Islam, and of Solomon's mount given to Azdi hunters called 'the rider's provision' 1.
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Isa ibn Lahia al-Misri, author of al-Halaʾib wa al-Jalaʾib (The Races and the Horses). Al-Mas'udi says that in it he recorded every race in which horses ran in the pre-Islamic and Islamic periods. 1
The story of Zad al-Rakib
He transmitted that Solomon son of David provided a horse to some men of the Azd so that they could hunt on it, and it was called "Zad al-Rakib" (the rider's provision). 1
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 529
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