Abu Bakr ibn Shihab al-Alawi

أبو بكر بن شهاب العلوي

Sayyid Abū Bakr ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Shihāb al-ʿAlawī (1262–1341 AH / 1846–1922 CE) was a Hadrami scholar and poet of the Bā ʿAlawī sayyids, born near Tarim, who later lived in India and died in Hyderabad. His dīwān includes praise of the Prophet’s family and the Bā ʿAlawī imams.

Qasa'id by Abu Bakr ibn Shihab al-Alawi

• لُذْ بِالنَّبِيِّ وَبِالأَئِمَّةِ مِنْ بَنِيLudh bi-n-Nabiyyi wa-bi-l-A'immati Min BaniAbu Bakr ibn Shihab al-Alawi
• هُمُ الرَّاقُونَ فِي أَوْجِ الكَمَالِHum ar-Raquna Fi Awji al-KamalAbu Bakr ibn Shihab al-Alawi
• فُرُوعٌ سَمَتْ بِالمَجْدِ مِنْ دَوْحَةِ العُلْيَاFuru'un Samat bi-l-Majdi Min Dawhati al-'UlyaAbu Bakr ibn Shihab al-Alawi