Nashwan al-Himyari | |
Birth Place: | Huth, Sana'a |
Death Date: | 1178 |
Death Place: | Ḥaydan, Ṣaʿdah |
Nationality: | Yemeni |
Known For: | al-Qaṣīdah al-Ḥimyarīyah (The Himyarite Ode) |
Notable Works: | Shams al-'ulum |
Nashwān ibn Saʻīd al-Ḥimyarī (Arabic: نشوان ابن سعيد الحميري) was a Yemeni theologian, judge, philologist, poet and historian.[1]
He was a member of a nobel Yemeni family from Uawt near Sanaa. He is said to have some Mu'tazili views. He wrote a Qur'an commentary and compiled several works on theological, philological, historical and other topics. He died in 1178 C.E