Rabah ibn Ajla
رباح بن عجلة عراف اليمامة
The 'arraf of al-Yamama, judged alongside the 'arraf of Najd in the famous verse — one of the augurs al-Mas'udi names beside al-Ablaq al-Azdi, al-Ahlaj al-Dahri and Kahand of al-Mustanbar 1.
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- Pre-Islamic Arabia
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Rabah ibn Ajla, soothsayer of al-Yamama. al-Mas'udi reports that a poet composed a well-known verse about him, pairing him with the soothsayer of Najd. He counts him among the soothsayers together with al-Ablaq al-Azdi, al-Ahlaj al-Dahri, Urwa ibn Zayd al-Azdi and Kuhind. 2 The source does not firmly attribute the verse to Urwa ibn al-Ward (it says "or someone else").
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 484-485
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.484-485
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