Salma bint Attab
سلمى بنت عتاب
A woman poet of Tamim who spoke two verses on the day of Uyayna ibn Hisn's raid on Banu al-Anbar, lamenting the evil that befell Adi ibn Jundab, the enemies closing in from every side and the absence of their might and fortune; nothing else of her is known from Ibn Ishaq.
At a glance
- Roles
- Poet
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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Overview
A woman who composed verse on the day that Uyayna ibn Hisn raided the Banu al-Anbar. Ibn Ishaq names her only by her name: "Salma bint Attab then said on that day", and he gives two lines of hers 1. In the two lines she speaks of the evil that "Adi ibn Jundab" had met, and that enemies surrounded them on every side and their glory and fortune had left them. Ibn Hisham says that Adi ibn Jundab was of the Banu al-Anbar, and al-Anbar was the son of Amr ibn Tamim 1. See her verses and the expedition of Uyayna.
Notes on the report
- Her attribution to Tamim is an inference from the lament's subject, the Banu al-Anbar, and not a statement in Ibn Ishaq.
- The editors of this edition explain "al-mahwat" as a low place between two mountains, and "al-judud" as good fortune and luck 1.
Connections
- Member of
- Banu Tamim
- Authored
- Salma bint Attab's two verses on the day of Banu al-Anbar
- Participated in
- Uyayna ibn Hisn's raid on Banu Tamim
People and things also explored
al-Zibriqan ibn Badr· Salma bint Attab's two verses on the day of Banu al-Anbar· Banu al-Anbar of Tamim· al-Aqra' ibn Habis al-Tamimi· Qays ibn Asim· Utarid ibn Hajib· Uyayna ibn Hisn's raid on Banu Tamim· The delegation of Banu Tamim and the boasting contest
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/270
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islam.museum contributors. “Salma bint Attab”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/salma-bint-attab/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.