Al-A'sha
Sign in to save'''Al-A'sha () or Maymun Ibn Qays Al-A'sha' (d.c. 570– 625) was an Arabic Pre-Islamic poet from Al-Yamama, Arabia. He claimed to receive inspiration from a jinni called Misḥal''. Although not a Christian himself, his poems prove familiarity with Christianity.
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- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Mumbai
- Active from
- 1933-09-08
- Active to
- 2026-04-12
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Key facts
- Poet.name
- Al-A'sha
- Poet.birth_name
- Maymun Ibn Qays Al-A'sha
- Poet.birth_date
- c. 570
- Poet.birth_place
- Al-Yamama, Arabia
- Poet.death_date
- c. 625
- Poet.death_place
- Durnā, Arabia
- Poet.occupation
- Poet
- Poet.language
- Arabic
- Poet.nationality
- Arabian
- Poet.period
- Pre-Islamic
- Poet.genre
- Panegyrics, Love poetry
- Poet.notableworks
- ''Mu'allaqat''
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- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Manfuha
- Place of death
- Manfuha
- Occupation
- poet
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Notable work
- Mu'allaqat
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- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- date of death
- 0629-01-01
- date of birth
- 0565-00-00
- medical condition
- blindness
- ethnic group
- Arabs
- writing language
- Arabic
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'''Al-A'sha () or Maymun Ibn Qays Al-A'sha' (d.c. 570– 625) was an Arabic Pre-Islamic poet from Al-Yamama, Arabia. He claimed to receive inspiration from a jinni called Misḥal''. Although not a Christian himself, his poems prove familiarity with Christianity.
He traveled through Mesopotamia, Syria, Arabia and Ethiopia. He was nicknamed al-A'sha which means "weak-sighted" or "night-blind" after he lost his sight. He continued to travel even after becoming blind, particularly along the western coast of the Arabian peninsula. It was then that he turned to the writing of panegyrics as a means of support. His style, reliant on sound effects and full-bodied foreign words, tends to be artificial.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Al-A'sha” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.