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Al-Khansa

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Gender Female
Born Najd
DiedNajd
ParentsʿAmr ibn al-Sharīd
ChildrenMuʿawiyah bin Mirdās
ʿAmrah bin Mirdās
ʿAmr bin Mirdās
Yazīd bin Mirdās
SiblingsSakhr ibn ʿAmr ibn al-Harīth ibn al-Sharīd al-Sulamī
Muʿawiyah ibn ʿAmr ibn al-Harith ibn al-Sharīd al-Sulamī
Job Poet
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
ID1115363
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Al-Khansa Life story


Tumāḍir bint ʿAmr ibn al-Ḥārith ibn al-Sharīd al-Sulamīyah, usually simply referred to as al-Khansāʾ was a 7th-century Arabic poet, said to have died in 646 CE. She is the best known female poet in Arabic literature.

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