KUMAIT See also:

• IBN

IBN ZAID (679-743)  , Arabian poet, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in the reign of the first Omayyad See also:

• CALIPH, CALIF

caliph and lived in the reigns of nine others . He was, however, a strong supporter of the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of Hashim and an enemy of the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South Arabians . He was imprisoned by the caliph Hisham for his See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse in praise of the Hashimites, but escaped by the help of his wife and was pardoned by the intercession of the caliph's son Maslama . Taking See also:

• PART

part in a See also:

• REBELLION

rebellion, he was killed by the troops of Khalid ul-Qasri . His poems, the Hashimiyyat, have been edited by J . Horovitz (See also:

• LEIDEN

Leiden, 1904) . An See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of him is contained in the Kitab ul-Agha.ni, xv . 113-13o . (G . W .