Aḥmad Ṣabrī al-Nagrīdī

Biography

Ahmad Sabri al-Nagriydi composed for Umm Kulthum early in her career.

Music researcher Ahmad al-Samahi credits him with both words and music of al-Full wa-l-Yasmin wa-l-Ward, sung by Umm Kulthum in the 1920s and later revived by Sabah Fakhri. The attribution distinguishes it from anonymous Aleppine repertoire. His life dates, dental career and remaining individual work credits still require original documentation.