Sources

ʿArf al-rayḥān, 27-36; Last (1967a), 151; Boyd (1982), 14, 60.

Biography

Twin brother of Asmāʾ, he died young, but in addition to his Arabic writings, composed poetry in Hausa.

Works

1. al-Ḥāwī li-bāb al-ṭibb.

MS: Zaria, 110/1 (inc.).

2. Qaṣāʾid.

A collection of his verse is preserved in Zaria, 42/4 (copy in 168/3), and they are all also included in ʿArf al-rayḥān. Three of the pieces are only of two verses. The others are listed here:

i) Q. ʿayniyya: A-min sharri mā yabdū l…