Malik ibn al-Namat al-Hamdani, Dhu al-Mish'ar

A delegate of Hamdan to the Prophet: Dhu al-Mash'ar, Abu Thawr. He chanted verses for his people, spoke before the Prophet and recited poetry there. ¹

Ibn Hisham relates, from a trustworthy man, from Amr ibn Abdallah ibn Udhayna al-Abdi, from Abu Ishaq al-Subay'i: the delegation of Hamdan came, among them Malik ibn Namat, who is Dhu al-Mash'ar and Abu Thawr. They met the Prophet as he returned from Tabuk, wearing striped cloaks and turbans from Aden on saddles of the Mays cloth, on mahriyya and arhabiyya camels. Malik and another man chanted for their people: "Hamdan is the best of the merchants and the lords." ^{2 1} He then stood before the Prophet and said: "O Messenger of God, a choice of Hamdan, from every settled man and every nomad, have come to you on fast camels, bound to the ties of Islam, not fearing the blame of any blamer, from the districts of Kharif, Yam and Shakir, the people of the blacks and the reprisals; they answered the call of the Messenger and left the goddesses and idols. Their covenant will not be broken as long as Lu'la' stands and the wild goat runs on Salaʿ." ^{1 3}

The Prophet wrote him a letter, and Malik composed his poem about it. See the delegation of Hamdan. ³

"Nusayya" is the choice of the people; "al-qulus" are young camels; "al-mikhlaf" is a city in the language of Yemen; Kharif, Yam and Shakir are tribes of Yemen; "al-sud" are camels and "al-qud" horses; "Lu'la'" is a mountain; "al-yafur" is the young of the gazelle; and "Salaʿ" is a place. ^{1 3}