Isma'il al-Sahir
إسماعيل الساحر
al-Sayyid al-Himyari's transmitter — attested that the poet died professing the Kaysani doctrine 1.
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Isma'il al-Sahir, the transmitter of the poet al-Sayyid al-Himyari. Al-Mas'udi relates from him that al-Sayyid died only upon his belief in the Kaysaniyya. 2
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- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 76
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.76
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islam.museum contributors. “Isma'il al-Sahir”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ismail-al-sahir/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.