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Nuʿmān b. kabīr Ḥamza b. kabīr Maḥmūd
(102 words)

19th cent. (alive in 1294/1877)

Biography

He was one of the sons of kabīr Ḥamza.1

Works

1. Madḥ al-nabī bi-al-lugha al-ʿafariyya “Muḥammad ʿarmiʿī kay yāb”. Conceived title. Written in ʿajamī ʿAfar.

Devotional. Four verses at the end of the last poem have been composed by ḥājj Ḥamza b. Maḥmūd b. kabīr Ḥamza b. kabīr Maḥmūd b. kabīr ʿAlī al-Ḥarallī.2

MS DJKH00015, 25v–34r.

2. Naẓm bi-al-lugha al-ʿafariyya “al-Ḥamd li-Allāh niwālā wa-lā ḥawlā wa-lā quwwa mafālā”. Conceived title. Written in ʿajamī ʿAfar.

Devotional.

MSS AAY00001, 50r–55v; HZA00002, 14…

Cite this page
“Nuʿmān b. kabīr Ḥamza b. kabīr Maḥmūd”, in: Arabic Literature of Africa Online, General Editor John O. Hunwick, R.S. O’Fahey. Consulted online on 11 December 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2405-4453_alao_COM_ALA_31004_2_7>
First published online: 2016



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