Muhammad ibn Isa Al Khalifa

محمد بن عيسى آل خليفة

1876 CE · 1293 AH – 1964 CE · 1384 AH

A prince and poet of the Al Khalifa family of Bahrain.

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Sunni
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The Contemporary Era
Region
Arabia
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Overview

Prince and poet Muhammad ibn Isa ibn Ali ibn Khalifa of the Al Khalifa family in Bahrain. He was born in 1293 AH (1876 CE) and died in 1384 AH (1964 CE). 1

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Sources

  1. Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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islam.museum contributors. “Muhammad ibn Isa Al Khalifa”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/muhammad-ibn-isa-al-khalifa/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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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.