Ibn Khallikan's Biography of Alhazred by Siyah QalamMy rating: 1 of 5 stars
Not too often that I say this but don’t waste your money . This book is a big waste. For like 5 bucks you get what amounts to buying a 10 page pamphlet. It claims to be the biography of Al Hazred and it gives you only a brief over view of his life.
Basically Al Hazred was from Yemen and most likely Sana’a. His origins are a bit murky but what stands out is that he was purchased by the sultan at age 12. Al Hazred was supposed to be given everything a prince would be given. He was a gifted singer and was able to easily memorize verses of the Koran. His down fall was that he fell in love with the Sultans daughter. For this he was tortured and sent a way to die in Rub Al Khali or the empty quarter. It is believed he was taught his sorcery by the Jinn.
When he returned decades later to Damascus some wondered that his appearance did not change much at all. Some of Al Hazred statement were considered blasphemous and he was about to be sentenced to death until an act of piety convinced the Sultan other wise. After buying some Christian wine he was hurled to the air and torn to pieces.
There is some discussing his name and the lost alien city beneath Irene.
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