'Adi ibn Zayd al-'Ibadi

عدي بن زيد العبادي

The Christian poet of al-Hira whose famous ode on Shapur's killing of al-Nadira — 'A calamity poured over al-Hadr' — mourns her treachery and its price 1.

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Adi ibn Zayd al-Ibadi, a Christian poet from al-Hira. Al-Mas'udi relates a well-known ode of his on Shapur's killing of al-Nadira daughter of al-Dayzan, and the treachery she showed to her father and her people, and how she guided Shapur into the fortress. 2

The opening line of the ode in al-Mas'udi is: "The Hadr was struck by a calamity." 2

The museum's data hold nothing else about his life beyond this, and anything more needs an additional source.

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  1. Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p. 553-554
  2. Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p.553-554
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islam.museum contributors. “'Adi ibn Zayd al-'Ibadi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/adi-ibn-zayd-al-ibadi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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