At a glance
- Roles
- Poet · writer
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Gunpowder Empires
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Place in the story
- PoetTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn Muhammad al-Hanafi al-Tarabulsi al-Afyuni, a man of letters and poet from Tripoli in Syria. He was born and raised there, and worked in Egypt. 1
Death
He died in 1154 AH (1741 CE). 1
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al-Tanahmir: the Himyaritic speech remnant· Aljamia (aljamiado: Spanish written in Arabic script, and its literature)· Arab naming of children after plants· The wise sayings attributed to Ali· Poetry attributed to Ali ibn Abi Talib· 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
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO , p.226
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Al-Afyuni, Abd Allah ibn Umar”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-afyuni-abd-allah-ibn-umar/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.