Suhaym ibn Wathil
سحيم بن وثيل الرياحي
Suhaym b. Wathil al-Riyahi — chief of Banu Riyah, al-Farazdaq's grandfather-in-rivalry; the famous camel-slaughter contest with Ghalib b. Sa'sa'a during a Kufa famine, ended when Ali b. Abi Talib ruled the meat unlawful for having been slaughtered for vainglory, not food 1.
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- The Umayyad Period
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- Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
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