Majnun of Banu 'Amir

Qays ibn al-Mulawwah, known as Majnun Bani Amir (the madman of the Banu Amir). Al-Mas'udi relates that Abu al-Hayyaj ibn Sabiq al-Najdi met him in the desert of the Banu Amir. ²

He used to flee from him as wild beasts flee, until he grew used to him. Qays ibn Dhurayh recited poetry to him, and he wept and said that he was a better poet than him, and he composed a verse on love for a woman of the Banu Amir. His father and his family were righteous people toward him: food and clothing were placed for him where he could see them. ²