At a glance
- Roles
- Poet
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Umayyad Period
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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Place in the story
- PoetTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn Asim al-Ahwas al-Ansari, an Umayyad poet from the Ansar of Medina, known for love poetry. 1
His standing
The encyclopaedia counts him among those of standing in Arabic literature. 1
The data record no dates for his life and no examples of his poetry, which need an additional source.
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Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-Ahwas al-Ansari”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-ahwas-al-ansari/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.