Majnūn Laylá, Qays ibn al-Mulawwaḥ, -688

Majnūn Laylá (Layla's Madman) was a 7th-century poet of disputed historicity, likely based on a real person, about whom many legends and epic poems have been composed.

HMML ID
522835067286
PURL
https://w3id.org/haf/person/522835067286
LC name
Majnūn Laylá
HMML name
Majnūn Laylá, Qays ibn al-Mulawwaḥ, -688
HMML native script
مجنون ليلى، قيس بن الملوح
Library of Congress
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82214207
VIAF
https://viaf.org/viaf/28431288

Variants

  • Ibn al-Mulawwaḥ, Qays
  • Majnun
  • Majnun Laila
  • Majnūn Banī ʻĀmir
  • Qays ibn al-Mulawwaḥ
  • Quais Ibn al-Mulawwah
  • مجنون ليلى

Personal information

Death date
0688
Centuries
7th century CE
Occupations
Fields of activity
Languages

General notes

Citations
ʻUmar Kaḥḥālah, Muʻjam al-muʼallifīn (Beirut: Muʼassasat al-Risālah, 1993), II:661-662.
Citations
SPFH 00400, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, accessed October 5, 2022, https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/600220.

Preferred citation

"Majnūn Laylá, Qays ibn al-Mulawwaḥ, -688." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified October 05, 2022. https://w3id.org/haf/person/522835067286

Change notes

Date added
2022-10-05
Last edited
2022-10-05