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poor-rate (zelcdt or sadaqdt) for his tribe, the Benu Sa‘d. After the death 
of the Prophet (A, D. 632), he was one of those who revolted, with many 
others of Temim, against Abu Bekr, but shortly afterwards submitted 
himself and joined in the expedition led by el-‘Ala el-Hadrami against 
el-Bahran, which crushed opposition in that quarter. I have not been able 
to ascertain when he died. 
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Malik son of er-Reyb. 
I thought who would weep for me, and none did I find to mourn 
but only my sword, my spear, the best of BudeynelPs store, 
And one Friend, a sorrel steed, who goes forth with trailing rein 
to drink at the pool, since Death has left none to draw for him. 
Ham. p. 247, quoted in Commentary. 
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Notes. 
Metre Tawil, as in No. II. 
These lines are quoted in et-Tebnzi’s commentary on p. 247 of 
Frey tag’s edition of the Hamaseh, in illustration of the word khinTict , a 
stallion. The poem from which they are taken is a lament ( marthiyeh ) by 
Malik son of er-Beyb over his own death, a portion of which is quoted in the 
Kitab-el-Aghani (xix, 162), and the whole of which is to be found in the 
Tqd-ebFend of Ibn ‘Abd Babbihi (ii, 10-11). The author was a brigand of 
the tribe of Mazin who roamed over the country of Temim in the neighbour¬ 
hood of el-Basrah during the early years of the Umawi dynasty. When 
Mo‘awiyeh sent Safid son of ‘Otliman son of ‘Affan as his viceroy to Khura¬ 
san, the latter on his way to Persia met Malik, and, struck by his noble mien 
and gallant bearing, invited him to accompany him. Malik, however, fell 
sick (some say, was stung by a serpent), and died on the way to Khurasan. 
He is best known for the grand poem of which these verses form a part, 
and for his love for his daughter, shewn in a touching piece of verse 
quoted in the Aghani (xix, 167). 
