Samaw'al Ibn 'Adiya
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Died | Tayma |
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Saudi Arabia | |
Grandchildren | Safiyya bint Huyayy |
Children | Barra bint Samawal |
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ID | 4441284 |
Samaw'al Ibn 'Adiya Life story
As-Samaw’al bin ‘Ādiyā’ was an Arabian poet and warrior, esteemed by the Arabs for his loyalty, which was commemorated by an Arabic idiom: "awfá min as-Samaw’al". He lived in the first half of the 6th century. His clan converted to Judaism when they were in Southern Arabia.