Nashwan al-Himyari
نشوان الحميري
1178 CE · 573 AH
A Yemeni scholar of Dhu Marath, descended from a king of Yemen, and a writer on language in his time.
At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar · writer
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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Life in time
LinguisticsHistory-writing and social thought
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abu Sa'id Nashwan ibn Sa'id al-Himyari, a Yemeni scholar from Dhu Maraid, from among the kings of Yemen, and one of the writers on language of his time. 1
What we know
The encyclopedia gives his death as 573 AH (about 1178 CE). This report rests on that source alone. 1
An additional source is needed for his works, his teachers, and his date of birth.
People and things also explored
Ahmad Abd al-Sattar al-Jawari· Al-Akwa', Muhammad ibn Ali· Ibn al-Baghil Abu Jafar Ahmad ibn Qasim· Disputing the count of raids and sariyas· Stopping the genealogy at Ma'add· Abd al-Jabbar al-Jumurd· Abd al-Qadir al-Baghdadi· Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO, p.294
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Nashwan al-Himyari”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/nashwan-al-himyari/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.