Imru' al-Qais ibn Hujr

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Imru' al-Qais ibn Hujr was a pre-Islamic Arab poet-prince renowned as one of the greatest authors of the Mu'allaqat and a foundational figure in classical Arabic poetry.

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instanceOf Arab prince
Mu'allaqat poet
classical Arabic poet
pre-Islamic Arab poet
alsoKnownAs Imru’ al-Qais al-Kindi NERFINISHED
Imru’ al-Qays NERFINISHED
Imru’ al-Qays al-Malik ad-Dillīl NERFINISHED
Imru’ al-Qays ibn Ḥujr NERFINISHED
associatedWith Mu'allaqat NERFINISHED
suspended odes
causeOfExile conflict following his father’s killing
century 6th century
deathCircumstances died while seeking Byzantine support
deathPlace near Ankara (traditionally, in Anatolia)
ethnicity Arabs
surface form: Arab
father Hujr ibn al-Harith NERFINISHED
fatherOccupation Kindite king
genre elegy
love poetry
qasida
wine poetry
honorific The Lost King NERFINISHED
The Wandering King NERFINISHED
influenced Abbasid poets
Umayyad poets NERFINISHED
later Arabic love poetry
knownFor highly elaborate imagery
influencing later Arabic poetic tradition
innovative use of the nasib (amatory prelude)
refined classical Arabic diction
language Arabic
legacy considered a model for the classical Arabic qasida structure
literaryStatus foundational figure in classical Arabic poetry
one of the greatest authors of the Mu'allaqat
movement classical Arabic poetry
name Imru' al-Qais ibn Hujr NERFINISHED
notableWork Mu'allaqa of Imru’ al-Qais NERFINISHED
poeticTheme desert journeys
heroism and battle
love and eroticism
nostalgia for lost campsites
wine and revelry
politicalRole claimant to the throne of Kindah
dispossessed prince
region Arabian Peninsula NERFINISHED
Najd NERFINISHED
timePeriod Jahiliyyah
pre-Islamic era
tribe Kindah NERFINISHED

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Imru' al-Qais fullName Imru' al-Qais ibn Hujr