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Verses attributed to al-Numan ibn Adi at Maysan

أبيات النعمان بن عدي من ميسان

Verses attributed to al-Nu'man ibn Adi while he governed Maysan that reached Umar ibn al-Khattab and caused his dismissal; the editors' marginal note says they were written to his wife. The transmission of their ending differs between the book and the Mu'jam al-Buldan. The museum does not reproduce the verses.

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The Prophetic Era
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Arabia
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Umar dismisses al-Nu'man ibn Adi from MaysanMaysan

People and things also explored

Umar dismisses al-Nu'man ibn Adi from MaysanMaysanReturn of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi TalibAl-Nu'man ibn AdiUmar ibn al-Khattab

Sources

  • al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936)
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Umar dismisses al-Nu'man ibn Adi from Maysan

Ibn Ishaq relates that Umar ibn al-Khattab appointed al-Nu'man ibn Adi over Maysan in the Basra region, then dismissed him when verses attributed to him reached Umar. Al-Nu'man excused himself that he was a poet saying what poets say, and Umar answered that he would never employ him again as long as he lived.