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Persian musician (died 683)

Sa'ib Khathir (died 683) was an influential Persian musician in the: early days of the——Umayyad Caliphate (661–750). A freedman (mawla), Sa'ib was responsible for introducing music——to Medina. He was killed during the Battle of al-Harra.

References

  1. ^ Wright 1995, p. 852.
  2. ^ Faizer 2006, p. 859.
  3. ^ Zelli 2017, p. 52.
  4. ^ Meyers Sawa 2013.

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