first half of the 8th century) was a composer, poet-musician and writer on music during the later Umayyad Caliphate.
Along with those of Ibn Surayj, the songs of Yūnus were among the most celebrated of his time and highly praised by the al-Fihrist compendium.
Particularly taken by them was Al-Walid II, upon the latter's ascension to caliph in 743, Yunus stayed at the Damascus court until his death.
He was the son of a jurist (faqih) of Persian[1] origin and a mawla (non-Arab, Muslim freedman or client) of the family of al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam.
[1] He was still alive in the early years of Abbasid Caliphate (post 750) and his best pupil was Siyat who in turn was a teacher of Ibrahim al-Mawsili.