Mukhariq

Mukhariq
Abu’l-Muhannāʾ Mukhāriq ibn Yaḥyā ibn Nāwūs
Born
Madma or Kufa, Abbasid Caliphate
Died845/846
Resting placeSamarra
NationalityCaliphate
OccupationArabic Singer of the Abbasid court
Years active800–844/5
EraIslamic Golden Age
(Early Abbasid era)

Abu’l-Muhannāʾ Mukhāriq ibn Yaḥyā ibn Nāwūs (Arabic: أبوالمهنى مُخارق بن يحيى) (fl. ca. 800–844/5), was one of the most distinguished singers of the Abbasid period, and a protege of the Barmakids and the caliphs from Harun al-Rashid to al-Wathiq.