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Alqama al-Fahl

Arabian poet

Arabian poet

FieldValue
nameAlqama al-Fahl
birth_nameAlqama ibn 'Ubada
birth_datec. 6th century
birth_placeArabia
death_datec. 6th century
death_placeArabia
occupationPoet
languageArabic
nationalityArabian
periodPre-Islamic
genreElegies, Fragments
notableworks*Diwan*

** 'Alqama ibn 'Ubada**, (), generally known as ** 'Alqama al-Fahl** (علقمة الفحل), was an Arabian poet of the tribe Tamim, who flourished in the second half of the 6th century.

The name al-Fahl literally means "the stallion" which he became known by when won a poetic contest against Imru' al-Qais. Imru's wife thought that he completely surpassed Imru in that contest, so Imru divorced her and then 'Alqama married her. What happened became so popular in the peninsula and people started calling him "The Stallion". His poetic description of ostriches is said to have been famous among the Arabs. His diwan consists of three qasidas (elegies) and eleven fragments. Asma'i considered three of the poems genuine.

The poems were edited by Albert Socin with Latin translation as Die Gedichte des 'Alkama Alfahl (Leipzig, 1867), and are contained in Wilhelm Ahlwardt's The Diwans of the six ancient Arabic Poets (London, 1870); cf. Ahlwardt's Bemerkungen über die Echtheit der alten arabischen Gedichte (Greifswald, 1872), pp. 65–71 and 146–168.

References

References

  1. Sumi, Akiko Motoyoshi. (2004). "Description in Classical Arabic Poetry: Waòsf, Ekphrasis, and Interarts Theory". BRILL.
  2. {{EB1911. Griffithes Wheeler. Thatcher
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