القيان

Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani (284 AH / 897 AD - 14 Dhu al-Hijjah 356 AH / 20 November 967 AD), Ali bin Al-Hussein bin Muhammad bin Ahmed bin Al-Haytham Al-Marwani Al-Umayyad: His mother was a Shiite from the Thawaba family. And the charms. And he has other knowledge in the science of limbs, veterinary, astronomy and drinks. Abu Al-Faraj has little poetry, and he is good at spelling, for he was a malicious satire who was feared by people. He was, according to his apparent sect, correspondence with the Umayyads in Andalusia, and he obtained works for him in which we have not finished, so they secretly gave him gifts. He was born in Isfahan, grew up and died in Baghdad. Who wrote “Kitab al-Aghani” twenty-one volumes, compiled in fifty years, and “Muqatil al-Talibeen - T” and “Nasab Bani Abd Shams” and “Al-Qayan”, “Al-Ma’ma al-Sha’aar” and “Ayam al-Arab” mentioned 1700 days, Adjustment and fairness” in the exploits and defects of the Arabs, “crowd of lineage”, “homes”, “mere songs”, “bars”, “drinkers and mufflers” and “the manners of strangers”. And by Muhammad Ahmad Khalaf Allah, the book “The Sahib al-Aghani - i” and by Shafeeq Jabri in Damascus, “The Study of Songs - i” and “Abu al-Faraj al-Asbahani - i”