Shamardal ibn Shurayk
الشمردل بن شريك
718 CE · 100 AH
A poet of the Yarbu' clan, associated with the Kharijites and the poetry of heroic valour.
At a glance
- Roles
- Poet
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Umayyad Period
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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Life in time
Place in the story
- PoetTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Shamardal ibn Shurayk ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Tha'laba, a poet of the Banu Yarbu'. The source describes him as one of the Kharijites and one of the poets of valour (hamasa) 1.
Dates
The encyclopedia gives his death as 100 AH (about 718 CE). The date in the data is recorded as a commonly transmitted report 2.
The entry needs an additional source for the date of death.
People and things also explored
al-Tanahmir: the Himyaritic speech remnant· Arab naming of children after plants· The delegation of Banu Tamim and the boasting contest· Ka'b ibn Zuhayr's pardon and recitation of Banat Su'ad· Khuza'a's appeal to Medina· Salim ibn Umayr's mission to kill Abu Afak· Umayr ibn Adi al-Khatmi's mission to kill Asma' bint Marwan· The killing of Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO, p.196
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islam.museum contributors. “Shamardal ibn Shurayk”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/shamardal-ibn-shurayk/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.