Ubayd ibn Ayyub al-'Anbari
عبيد بن أيوب العنبري أبو المطرب
The poet Abu al-Mutrib whose verses al-Mas'udi cites for the ghul and sa'la — the desert's sworn companion and the male and female ghul of the waste 1.
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- Pre-Islamic Arabia
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Abu al-Mutrib Ubayd ibn Ayyub al-Anbari, a poet. al-Mas'udi cites his verses in the section on ghouls and the sa'ali, where he describes the ghoul as a companion of the man of the wilderness 2.
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 470-471
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.470-471
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