Abdullah bin Khamis

Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Khamis , a Saudi researcher, writer and poet, was one of the most prominent writers interested in literature, history, geography, thought and culture in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Life and academic study He was born in 1339 AH / 1919 AD in the village of Al-Mulqi, one of the villages of Al-Diriyah in the Riyadh region. In his childhood, his family moved to Al-Diriyah, where he learned the principles of reading and writing in a book that teaches children called Abdul Rahman bin Muhammad Al-Hussan, who was an imam and memorizer of the Qur’an. Abdullah bin Khamis faced difficulties during his wanderings in the desert, which made him excel in his writings about mountains and valleys, and in his early days his scientific output was no more than reading, writing and arithmetic in public schools of Al-Diriyah and what he learned from his father in reading books such as Ibn Taymiyyah’s books, Ibn al-Qayyim, Sahih al-Bukhari and a collection of hadiths, and memorizing some poems, stories and novels. He joined Dar al-Tawhid School in Taif when it was opened in 1364 AH - 1944 AD, where he joined it in the preliminary section to take the primary certificate there and continued to work in same school. And he was assigned by Professor Hamad Al-Jasser to supervise the printing of Al-Yamamah magazine in Makkah Al-Mukarramah, and after he graduated from the college, he set out to start working life.

And that poetic talent continued to increase, and Ibn Khamis was present with the intuition and poetic flow; Which made the people of his town Al-Diriyah choose him to recite a poem in front of King Saud at the ceremony held by the people on the occasion of King Saud's visit to Al-Diriyah after he took power. Ibn Khamis answered the request of the people of his town and wrote the poem as he said: “I was building the poem while I was on the plane.”

Writings He enriched the Arab Library with tens of books in literature, poetry, criticism, heritage, and travels. He visited the press, forums and conferences inside and outside the Kingdom, namely:

Journeys

Literature and poetry

Geographical literature

Historical literary

Criticism

Others

Death On Wednesday the fifteenth of Jumada al-Thani 1432 AH, corresponding to May 18, 2011, Abdullah bin Khamis died in a hospital in Riyadh, after suffering from illness, at the age of 91 years.