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Harith Ibn Hilliza Ul-Yashkuri

Al-Harith Ibn Hillizah Al-Yashkuri, Arabic الحارث بن حلزة اليشكري pre-Islamic Arabian poet of the tribe of Bakr, from the 5th century.


Mu'allaqat

For this reason, we may suppose, he not only received into the collection a poem of the famous poet Tarafa, of the tribe of Bakr, but also that of another Bakrite, Harith, who, though not accounted a bard of the highest rank, had been a prominent chieftain; while his poem could serve as a counterpoise to another also received the celebrated verses of Harith's contemporary 'Amr, chief of the Taghlib, the rival brethren of the Bakr.


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