Abu Layla al-Muhalhel

Abu Layla ʿUday ibn Rabīʿa ibn al-Ḥāriṯ at-Taḡlibiyy (Arabic: أَبُو لَيْلَى عُدَيّ بْن رَبِيعَة بْن الْحَارِث التَّغْلِبِيّ; c. 443 – 531 CE), also known by the nicknames al-Muhalhil ("he who finely weaves poems") and az-Zīr ("the philander"), was a pre-Islamic poet and warrior born in Najd. He led the Banu Taghlib tribe in the forty-year long War of Basus.^[1][2][3]

Abu Layla al-Muhalhel
Born	c. 443 CE Najd
Died	c. 531 CE
Occupation	Poet, warrior
Language	Arabic
Relatives	Kulaib ibn Rabiah (brother), Imru' al-Qais (nephew), Amr ibn Kulthum (grandson)

ST-Moorish-warrior.

He was the maternal uncle of fellow poet Imru' al-Qais,^[1] and also the grandfather of Amr ibn Kulthum through his second daughter Layla.