Al-Nabigha
Sign in to saveAl-Nābighah (), al-Nābighah al-Dhubiyānī, or Nābighah al-Dhubyānī; real name Ziyad ibn Muawiyah (); was one of the last pre-Islamic Arabian poets. "Al-Nabigha" means genius or intelligent in Arabic.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- ca. 568
- Died
- ca. 684
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Shi'r al-Nabighah al-Ja'di
- Shiʻr al-Nābighah al-Jaʻdī
- Dīwān al-Nābighah al-Jaʻdī
- Le poesie di an-Nābiġah al-Ǧaʻdī
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1946-04-13
Discography
- Back Up Train1967
- Green Is Blues1969
- Gets Next to You1971
- Let’s Stay Together1972
- I’m Still in Love With You1972
- Call Me1973
- Livin’ for You1973
- Explores Your Mind1974
- Al Green Is Love1975
- Full of Fire1976
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Key facts
- Poet.name
- Al-Nabigha
- Poet.birth_date
- c. 535
- Poet.birth_place
- Near Mecca, Arabia
- Poet.death_date
- c. 604
- Poet.occupation
- Poet
- Poet.language
- Arabic
- Poet.nationality
- Arabian
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Wikidata facts
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- date of birth
- 0535-01-01
- date of death
- 0604-01-01
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Biography
- Religious beliefs
- Editions of poetry
- See also
- External links
- References
- Citations
- Sources
Al-Nābighah (), al-Nābighah al-Dhubiyānī, or Nābighah al-Dhubyānī; real name Ziyad ibn Muawiyah (); was one of the last pre-Islamic Arabian poets. "Al-Nabigha" means genius or intelligent in Arabic.
== Biography == His tribe, the Banu Dhubyan, belonged to the district near Mecca, but he spent most of his time at the Lakhmid court of al-Hirah and the court of the Ghassanids. In al-Hirah, he remained under al-Mundhir III ibn al-Harith, and then his successor in 562.
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