الكلبي
al-Kalbī
Person
A scholar of Kufa (d. around 819) who wrote on Arab genealogy and on pre-Islamic religion, including The Book of Idols.
What it means
Hisham ibn Muhammad al-Kalbi was a prolific historian and genealogist. His Kitab al-Asnam describes the idols of pre-Islamic Arabia such as al-Lat, al-Uzza and Manat, and is a main Arabic source on them.