At a glance
- Roles
- Poet
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Life in time
Place in the story
- PoetTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Al-Husayn ibn al-Dahhak ibn Yasir al-Bahili, a poet of Basra by birth and upbringing, of Khurasani origin, titled al-Khali' al-Ashqar. 1
His life
The encyclopaedia estimates his birth at about 773 CE, and his death at 251 AH (864 CE). 1
People and things also explored
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.164
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Al-Husayn ibn al-Dahhak al-Khali'”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-husayn-ibn-al-dahhak-al-khali/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.