Kuthayyir ibn 'Abd al-Rahman al-Mulahi (ca. 660-ca. 723), commonly known as
Kuthayyir 'Azza was an
ArabArab people or Arabs are an ethnic group whose members identify along linguistic, cultural or genealogical grounds...
'Udhri poet of the
UmayyadThe Umayyad Caliphate was the second of the four Islamic caliphates established after the death of Muhammad. It was ruled by the Umayyad dynasty, whose name derives from Umayya ibn Abd Shams, the great-grandfather of the first Umayyad caliph. Although the Umayyad family originally came from the...
period from the tribe of
AzdThe Azd or Al Azd, are an Arabian tribe. They were a branch of the Kahlan tribe, which was one of the two branches of Qahtan the other being Himyar.In the ancient times, they inhabited Ma'rib, the capital city of the Sabaean Kingdom in modern-day Yemen...
. He was born in
MadinaMadina may refer to:* Madina, Armenia* Madina, Ghana - town near capital* Madina, Mali - commune and town* Medina, Saudi Arabia* Madina Colony , Union Council of New Karachi Town, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan...
and resided in Hijaz and
EgyptEgypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia...
. In his poems he was occupied with his unfullfilled love to a married woman named 'Azza. Favorite topics in his poetry are love and panegyrics. He made acquaintance of the governor 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Marwan and the caliphs
Abd al-MalikAbd al-Malik ibn Marwan was the 5th Umayyad Caliph. He was born in Mecca and grew up in Medinah . Abd al-Malik was a well-educated man and capable ruler, despite the many political problems that impeded his rule. Ibn Khaldun states: “Abdul Malik Ibn Marwan is one of the greatest Arab and Muslim...
, Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz and
Yazid IIYazid bin Abd al-Malik or Yazid II was an Umayyad caliph who ruled from 720 until his death in 724.Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari states Yazid came to power on the death of Umar II on February 10, 720 . His forces engaged in battle the Kharijites with whom Umar had been negotiating...
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Kuthayyir ibn 'Abd al-Rahman al-Mulahi (ca. 660-ca. 723), commonly known as
Kuthayyir 'Azza was an
ArabArab people or Arabs are an ethnic group whose members identify along linguistic, cultural or genealogical grounds...
'Udhri poet of the
UmayyadThe Umayyad Caliphate was the second of the four Islamic caliphates established after the death of Muhammad. It was ruled by the Umayyad dynasty, whose name derives from Umayya ibn Abd Shams, the great-grandfather of the first Umayyad caliph. Although the Umayyad family originally came from the...
period from the tribe of
AzdThe Azd or Al Azd, are an Arabian tribe. They were a branch of the Kahlan tribe, which was one of the two branches of Qahtan the other being Himyar.In the ancient times, they inhabited Ma'rib, the capital city of the Sabaean Kingdom in modern-day Yemen...
. He was born in
MadinaMadina may refer to:* Madina, Armenia* Madina, Ghana - town near capital* Madina, Mali - commune and town* Medina, Saudi Arabia* Madina Colony , Union Council of New Karachi Town, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan...
and resided in Hijaz and
EgyptEgypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia...
. In his poems he was occupied with his unfullfilled love to a married woman named 'Azza. Favorite topics in his poetry are love and panegyrics. He made acquaintance of the governor 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Marwan and the caliphs
Abd al-MalikAbd al-Malik ibn Marwan was the 5th Umayyad Caliph. He was born in Mecca and grew up in Medinah . Abd al-Malik was a well-educated man and capable ruler, despite the many political problems that impeded his rule. Ibn Khaldun states: “Abdul Malik Ibn Marwan is one of the greatest Arab and Muslim...
, Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz and
Yazid IIYazid bin Abd al-Malik or Yazid II was an Umayyad caliph who ruled from 720 until his death in 724.Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari states Yazid came to power on the death of Umar II on February 10, 720 . His forces engaged in battle the Kharijites with whom Umar had been negotiating...
. He is mentioned as one of the followers of the now-extinct Kaysaniyya sect of Shi'ism, which held that
Ali' was the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and ruled over the Islamic Caliphate from 656 to 661...
's third son Muhammad ibn Al-Hanafiyya would return as the
MahdiAccording to the Shia and Sunni versions of the Islamic eschatology the Mahdi is the prophesied redeemer of Islam who will stay on earth seven, nine, or nineteen years before the coming of the day, Yawm al-Qiyamah...
.