Abu Hashisha

أبو حشيشة

Abbasid tunbur virtuoso, author of the Tunburiyyin book 1

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Abu Hashisha, Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Umayya, Abu Ja'far, of the descendants of Abu Umayya the scribe. He was a skilled player of the tanbur in his craft. 2

His reports

Ibn al-Nadim says that Juhzah claimed to have learned from him. He attributes to him two books: "al-Mughni al-Majid" and "Akhbar al-Tunburiyyin". 2

Notes for researchers

  • The source is single; a second source is needed, and no dates are available.

Sources

  1. al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim
  2. al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim , p.448-449
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