Qays Ibn al-Mulawwah (644–688)

Born 644 CE, died 688 CE.

Qays ibn al-Moullawwah (Arabic: قَيْسُ بْنُ الْمُلَوَّحِ بْنُ مُزَاحِمٍ الْعَامِرِيّ, romanized: Qays ibn al-Mulawwaḥ ibn Muzāḥim al-ʿĀmirī) was a 7th-century Arabian poet from Najd, Arabia, a member of the Bedouin tribe Banu 'Amir. He lived during the Umayyad Caliphate. Qays was renowned for his profound love for Layla, a woman who belong to the same tribe, which gave him a posthumous epithet of Majnūn (madman). According to early historical accounts by narrators such as Ibn Qutaybah and al-Isfahani, Qays and Layla were cousins belonging to the Banu Amir tribe. These sources report that the pair first encountered each other as children while tending their flocks in the desert, and their early bond eventually gave rise to the enduring legend of Majnun and Layla.

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Qays Ibn al-Mulawwah

Qays ibn al-Moullawwah (Arabic: قَيْسُ بْنُ الْمُلَوَّحِ بْنُ مُزَاحِمٍ الْعَامِرِيّ, romanized: Qays ibn al-Mulawwaḥ ibn Muzāḥim al-ʿĀmirī) was a 7th-century Arabian poet from Najd, Arabia, a member of the Bedouin tribe Banu 'Amir. He lived during the Umayyad Caliphate. Qays was renowned for his profound love for Layla, a woman who belong to the same tribe, which gave him a posthumous epithet of Majnūn (madman). According to early historical accounts by narrators such as Ibn Qutaybah and al-Isfahani, Qays and Layla were cousins belonging to the Banu Amir tribe. These sources report that the pair first encountered each other as children while tending their flocks in the desert, and their early bond eventually gave rise to the enduring legend of Majnun and Layla.

Text from the Wikipedia article Qays_ibn_al-Mulawwah (revision 1371699701), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.