Mihlahil ibn Safwan
مهلهل بن صفوان
his name Yahya ibn Safwan, mawla of Ali ibn Abdallah; in al-Baladhuri al-Mansur granted him a qati'a in the city whence Darb Mihlahil — renamed by Muhammad ibn Ali from a verse of 'Muhalmil,' and Muhammad freed him.
At a glance
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Overview
Muhalhil ibn Safwan, whose name was Yahya, a client of Ali ibn Abdallah. Al-Baladhuri says that al-Mansur granted him an estate in Medina, and the Street of Muhalhil is attributed to him. 1
The naming
Al-Baladhuri relates that his name was Yahya, until Muhammad ibn Ali asked him to recite some verse, and he recited a line of Muhalhil, and so he named him Muhalhil, and then freed him. 1
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition), p.414-417
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