Yazid ibn al-Sa'iq
Abū Qays Yazīd ibn ʿAmr ibn Khuwaylid ibn Nufayl ibn ʿAmr ibn Kilāb, commonly known as Yazid ibn al-Sa'iq, was a chieftain, warrior, and poet of the Amr branch of the Banu Kilab, the leading clan of the Banu Amir, one of the major Arab tribes in pre-Islamic Arabia.
Life and career
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Yazid was the son of Amr ibn Khuwaylid. His grandfather, Khuwaylid ibn Nufayl, called al-Sa'iq because he was killed by a lightning strike (al-ṣaʿiq) and Yazīd was commonly called Yazīd ibn al-Sa'iq after him.[1] They were chiefs of the Amr branch of the Banu Kilab, the preeminent clan of the powerful Banu Amir in the pre-Islamic period.[2]
Yazid commanded part of the Banu Amir during a raid against the tribe by the
Death
During a raid by the Banu Amir against the Banu Tamim at a place called Dhu Najab near Wadi al-Rummah, Yazid was struck in the head by an opposing tribesman and died of his wound.[1] For this a Tamimi poet Aws ibn Ghalfa satirized Yazid. He was also satirized by al-Nabigha, a prominent pre-Islamic poet.[6]
A son of Yazid ibn al-Sa'iq, Mu'adh, opposed the defection of his tribesmen from the early Muslim state during the
References
- ^ a b Lyall 1918, p. 325.
- ^ Caskel 1966, p. 29.
- ^ Kister 2017, pp. 94–95.
- ^ Caskel 1966, p. 242.
- ^ a b c Kister 2017, p. 95.
- ^ a b Sezgin 1975, p. 219.
- ^ a b Kister 2017, p. 95, note 3.
Bibliography
- Caskel, Werner (1966). Ğamharat an-nasab: Das genealogische Werk des His̆ām ibn Muḥammad al-Kalbī, Volume II (in German). Leiden: Brill.
- ISBN 978-0-86078-702-0.
- Lyall, Charles (1918). The Mufaḍḍalīyāt: An Anthology of Ancient Arabian Odes, Volume 2. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- Sezgin, Fuat (1975). Geschichte des arabischen schriftums, Band II, Poesie bis ca. 430H (in German). Leiden: Brill.