Usama ibn Munqidh
مجد الدّين اُسامة ابن مُرشد ابن على ابن مُنقذ الكنانى الكلبى
Majd ad-Dīn Usāma ibn Murshid ibn ʿAlī ibn Munqidh al-Kināni al-Kalbī
CountrySyria
LanguagesClassical Arabic
Dates1095 — 1188
muslim world
Majd ad-Dīn Usāma ibn Murshid ibn ʿAlī ibn Munqidh al-Kināni al-Kalbī or Ibn Munqidh was a medieval Arab Muslim poet, author, faris (knight), and diplomat from the Banu Munqidh dynasty of Shaizar in northern Syria. His life coincided with the rise of several medieval Muslim dynasties, the arrival of the First Crusade, and the establishment of the crusader states.— Wikipedia