Anas ibn Zunaym

أنس بن زنيم

Anas ibn Zunaym; riding with Abu al-Aswad and Fil — he posed the bathhouse riddle 'two-thirds of Fil's bath: by your father, Kisra's bath is naught'.

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Anas ibn Zunaym rode with Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali and Fil, the client of Ziyad, while he was on a pacing hackney. He riddled Abu al-Aswad with a verse about the dove of an elephant and the dove of Kisra. 1

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  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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