Yazid ibn Rabi'a ibn Mufarrigh
يزيد بن ربيعة بن مفرغ
688 CE · 69 AH
A poet of the Himyar tribe, whose poetry belongs to the Umayyad period. The sources differ on his father's name.
At a glance
- Roles
- Poet
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Umayyad Period
- Region
- Arabia
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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
Yazid ibn Rabi'a ibn Mufarrigh al-Himyari, a poet of Himyar, who has poetry about the Umayyads. The lineage of his father is disputed. He died in the year 69 AH according to the encyclopedia 1.
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
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islam.museum contributors. “Yazid ibn Rabi'a ibn Mufarrigh”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/yazid-ibn-rabi-a-ibn-mufarrigh/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-16.