 as for alhayqutan he recited a poem in which the yemenis used it as an argument against the quraysh and mudar and in which the persians and abyssinians used it as an argument against the arabs. jarir saw him on a holiday wearing a white shirt while he was black and he said
وأما الحيقطان فقال قصيدة تحتج بها اليمانية على قريش ومضر، ويحتج بها العجم والحبش على العرب، وكان جرير رآه يوم عيد في قميص أبيض وهو أسود، فقال