Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Poet
- Era
- Pre-Islamic Arabia · The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Overview
Qays ibn al-Khatim al-Ansari, a poet of the Aws and Khazraj, who lived before Islam and in its early years. He lived in Medina. 2
Among his verses is an exchange with Hassan ibn Thabit about the war between Banu Amr ibn Awf and Banu Akhraj on the day of al-Sarara. 2
Connections
- Lived in
- Medina
- Participated in
- يوم السرارة
People and things also explored
Hassan ibn Thabit· يوم السرارة· Medina· Mosque of the Two Qiblas· Prophet's Mosque· The Sanctuary of Medina· Judaism in Arabia before Islam· Medina's society at the Hijra
Sources
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p. 492
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p.492
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “قيس بن الخطيم”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/qays-ibn-al-khatim/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.