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Jibril Tawfiq Salih

جبريل توفيق صالح

1897 CE · 1315 AH – 1966 CE · 1386 AH

One of the notable poets of Sudan, whose verse was tied to the political struggle; he was among the militants of the Unionist movement that led the 1924 uprising against colonial rule; died 1386 AH (1966 CE).

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Roles
Poet
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Colonial Era
Region
Egypt & Nile
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Overview

Jibril Tawfiq Salih, one of the prominent poets of Sudan, whose poetry was linked to the movement of political struggle. 1

His struggle

He was among the militants of the National Unionist movement that led the uprising of 1924 against colonial rule. 1

He was born around 1315 AH (1897 CE) and died in 1386 AH (1966 CE). 1

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

  1. Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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al-Tanahmir: the Himyaritic speech remnant

Al-Hamdani's register of the peninsula's tongues records that the highland Himyar and Ja'da keep 'something of tanahmir' — Himyaritic speech — eliding consonants: 'bi-bn Ma'am' for 'bi-bn al-'amm', 'simmi'' for 'isma''. He counts Kinda and Hamdan the most eloquent of the south, says Mahra's speech resembles the 'ajam's, and names Nahj, Abyan and Dathina the purest — the earliest detailed witness to Old Himyaritic surviving on fourth-century tongues.