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
Yazid ibn Rabi'a ibn Mufarrigh al-Himyari, a poet of Himyar, who has poetry about the Umayyads. The lineage of his father is disputed. He died in the year 69 AH according to the encyclopedia 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. “Yazid ibn Rabi'a ibn Mufarrigh”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/yazid-ibn-rabi-a-ibn-mufarrigh/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.