At a glance
- Roles
- Poet
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Umayyad Period
- 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
Khidas ibn Bishr ibn Khalid ibn Khaid al-Mujashi' al-Tamimi, a poet of the Banu Mujashi' of Tamim. His kunya was Abu Malik and Abu Yazid, and his son was Malik. The encyclopaedia gives his death as 134 AH. 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
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Khidas ibn Bishr”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/khidas-ibn-bishr/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.