Imru' al-Qais
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Ameru' al-Qays, or Imru'u al Quais, Ibn Hujr, was an Arabian poet of the 6th century, the author of one of the Muallaqat, an anthology of pre-Islamic Arabic literature.
He wrote passionate love poetry, and is believed to have invented the Qasida, or classical Arabic ode. He is believed to have been assassinated by Emperor Justinian I, who sent him a poisoned cloak, after al-Qays had an affair with a princess at his court. He is believed to be the son of Hujr, the last king of Kindah.
His poems are contained in Wilhelm Ahlwardt's The Divans of the six ancient Arabic Poets (London, 1870), and have been published separately in William McGuckin de Slane's Le Diwan d'Amro'lkats (Paris, 1837); a German version with life and notes in Friedrich Rückert's Amrilkais der Dichter und König (Stuttgart, 1843). Many stories of his life are told in the Kitab al-Aghani, vol. viii. pp. 62-77.
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