Alqama Ibn Hakim Al-Kinani
Alqama, Alkama, ʿAlqama or ʿAlḳama may refer to: *'Alqama ibn 'Abada (fl. early 6th century), Arab poet *Alqama ibn Qays (d. 681/2), Muslim scholar *Alqama (8th century), Muslim general See also

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'Alqama Ibn 'Abada
'Alqama ibn 'Ubada, ( ar, علقمة بن عبدة), generally known as 'Alqama al-Fahl (), 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, in addition Imru wife thought that he completely surpassed Imru in that contest, then Imru divorced her and 'Alqama married her. What happened became so popular in the peninsula and people started to call him by that title. 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 Wilhelm Ahlwardt (4 July 1828, Greifswald – 2 November 1909, Greifswald) was a German ori ...
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