Shabba ibn 'Aqqal

Shabba ibn Aqqal, an orator who stood at the head of al-Mahdi when, over ten days, al-Mahdi distributed ten million dirhams ¹.

He likened al-Mahdi to the shining moon, the early spring, the roaring lion and the surging sea, and al-Mahdi resembled them in his beauty, his goodness, his brilliance and his generosity ¹.