Tuways
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One of al-Walid's court singers when the appetite for music seized high and low 1.
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Tuways, the singer. al-Mas'udi reports that he was one of the singers in the days of al-Walid ibn Yazid, when the desire for singing overcame al-Walid and both the elite and the common people 2.
The entry does not record his lineage or his year of death. It needs an additional source.
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- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 201
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.201
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islam.museum contributors. “Tuways”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/tuways/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.