Adi ibn Zayd

Adi ibn Zayd
Bornc. 550
Al-Hirah
Diedc. 600
OccupationPoet
SpouseHind

Adi ibn Zayd al-Ibadi al-Tamimi (Arabic: عَدِيُّ بْنُ زَيْدٍ العِبَادِيُّ التَمِيمِيُ, romanizedʿAdī ibn Zayd al-ʿIbādī al-Tamīmī; c. 550-600)[1] was a 6th-century Arab Christian poet from an Ibadi family of al-Hirah.[2]

  1. ^ Toral-Niehoff 2008, p. 239.
  2. ^ Peters, Francis E. (1994-04-06). Muhammad and the origins of Islam. SUNY Press. p. 66. ISBN 9780791418765. The next notable figure at al-Hira was Nu'man III who was phylarch there from about 580 AD His accession to power was engineered by the Christian poet Adi ibn Zayd whose family had long been important at Hira