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Abdallah ibn Qays al-Ruqayyat, a poet. Al-Mas'udi gives verses of his on two caliphs and two emirs. 2
His verses
He said of Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik that he was seduced by this world and by the gentleness of the priest, so that the two left the priest with neither mind nor soul. 2
He also composed a verse on Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr describing the radiance of his face. 3
His life and the date of his death need an additional source.
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p. 185, 101
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p.185
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p.101
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islam.museum contributors. “Ibn Qays al-Ruqayyat”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibn-qays-al-ruqayyat/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.