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Identification
Abū al-Aswad al-Du’alī
أبو الأسود الدؤلي
Dates
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Death
Estimated
Biographic comments
A poet, muḥaddiṯ and grammarian from the Arabic tribe of Kināna. He became a strong partisan of ʻAlī b. Abī Ṭālib and served under him as both governor and qādī of Basra.
Additional information
References
- Place Place of activity Basra / al-Baṣra, Basra Governatorate, IQ
Bibliographical references
- Encyclopaedia of Islam III Online: <http://dx.... on page <http://dx.doi.org.ep.fjernadgang.kb.dk/10.1163/1573-3912_ei3_COM_24161>
- al-Aʻlām: qāmūs tarāǧim, vol. 3, al-Dahhān - ʻA... on page 236 - 237