At a glance
- Roles
- Poet
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Umayyad Period
- Region
- Arabia
- 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-Hutay'a, whose name is Jarwal ibn Aws ibn Malik al-Absi, a poet of Abs. He was known for satire and praise, and lived into Islam. The encyclopaedia gives his death as 45 AH (665 CE). 1
The date rests on one source and needs an additional source.
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.54
- al-Abshihi, al-Mustatraf fi kull fann mustazraf, vol. 1 (scan)
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Al-Hutay'a, Jarwal”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-hutay-ah-jarwal/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.