At a glance
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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Overview
Verses attributed to al-Numan ibn Adi when he was governor of Maysan. When they reached Umar ibn al-Khattab, he dismissed him because of them, as recorded in the account of the dismissal. 1
The account
A note by the editors says that the verses were written to his wife. The end of the verses is reported differently in the book of the biography and in the "Mu'jam al-Buldan". 1
The museum does not reproduce the text of the verses. Their attribution to al-Numan has not been confirmed from another source in this data.
Connections
People and things also explored
Umar dismisses al-Nu'man ibn Adi from Maysan· Maysan· Conquest of Maysan· Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib· Al-Nu'man ibn Adi· Umar ibn al-Khattab
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/9
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Verses attributed to al-Numan ibn Adi at Maysan”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/work/al-numan-ibn-adi-verses-to-his-wife/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.