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
- LC name
- Majnūn Laylá
- HMML name
- Majnūn Laylá, Qays ibn al-Mulawwaḥ, -688
- HMML native script
- مجنون ليلى، قيس بن الملوح
- Library of Congress
- VIAF
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