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| Lineage = [[Al-Himyar tribe]] | | Lineage = [[Al-Himyar tribe]] | ||
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| Birth = [[105]]/723- | | Birth = [[105]]/723-4 | ||
| Place of Birth = Amman | | Place of Birth = Amman | ||
| Place of Residence = [[Basra]], [[Kufa]], [[Baghdad]] | | Place of Residence = [[Basra]], [[Kufa]], [[Baghdad]] | ||
| Death/martyrdom = [[179]]/795- | | Death/martyrdom = [[179]]/795-6 | ||
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| Activities = Defending [[Ahl al-Bayt (a)]]a | | Activities = Defending [[Ahl al-Bayt (a)]]a | ||
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'''Al-Sayyid Ismāʿīl b. Muḥammad b. Yazīd b. Rabīʿa al-Ḥimyari''' (Arabic: {{ia|السيد إسماعيل بن محمد بن يزيد بن ربيعة الحميريّ}}) known as '''al-Sayyid al-Ḥimyarī''' (Arabic: {{ia|السيد الحميري}}) (b. [[105]]/723- | '''Al-Sayyid Ismāʿīl b. Muḥammad b. Yazīd b. Rabīʿa al-Ḥimyari''' (Arabic: {{ia|السيد إسماعيل بن محمد بن يزيد بن ربيعة الحميريّ}}) known as '''al-Sayyid al-Ḥimyarī''' (Arabic: {{ia|السيد الحميري}}) (b. [[105]]/723-4, d. [[179]]/795-6) was among famous [[Shi'a]] poets who composed many poems in defense of Shi'a. His poems are so many that no one has so far been able to compile a complete record of all his poems. Only 2300 of his Hashimiyyat poems have been collected. It is said that he was first among [[Khawarij]], but then converted to [[Kaysaniyya]] and later became [[Twelver]] Shi'a through the guidance of [[Imam al-Sadiq (a)]] and stayed Shi'a until the end of his life. | ||
==Lineage and Birth == | ==Lineage and Birth == | ||
Al-Himyari was born in Amman (current capital of Jordan) in [[105]]/723- | Al-Himyari was born in Amman (current capital of Jordan) in [[105]]/723-4 and grew up in [[Basra]].<ref>Ibn Shākir Katbī, ''Fawāt al-wafayāt'', vol. 1, p. 189; Ibn Ḥajar, ''Lisān al-mīzān'', vol. 1, p. 676.</ref> His grandfather was Yazid b. Ziyad known as Ibn Mufarriq (d. 69/688-9) who was among famous poets too. | ||
His lineage reached the Himyar tribe who were originally from [[Yemen]] and were not from [[Quraysh]]. Al-Sayyid Isma'il al-Himyari was neither [[Fatimid]] nor [['Alawi]]. "Al-Sayyid" was just a part of his name.<ref>Shūshtarī, ''Majālis al-muʾminīn'', p. 502.</ref> | His lineage reached the Himyar tribe who were originally from [[Yemen]] and were not from [[Quraysh]]. Al-Sayyid Isma'il al-Himyari was neither [[Fatimid]] nor [['Alawi]]. "Al-Sayyid" was just a part of his name.<ref>Shūshtarī, ''Majālis al-muʾminīn'', p. 502.</ref> | ||