Al-Mutanabbi

Tags: Philosopher.

Abu at-Tayyib Ahmad ibn al-Husayn al-Mutanabbi al-Kindi (Arabic: أبو الطيب أحمد بن الحسين المتنبّي الكندي Abū aṭ-Ṭayyib ʾAḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Mutanabbī al-Kindi‎) (915 – 23 September 965) was an Arab poet. He is considered as one of the greatest poets in the Arabic language. Much of his poetry revolves around praising the kings he visited during his lifetime. Some consider his 326 poems to be a great representation of his life story. He started writing poetry when he was nine years old.

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birth date

0915-01-01T00:00:00+02:00

birth place

Kufah, Abbasid Caliphate, Iraq

death date

0965-01-01T00:00:00+02:00, 0965-09-23

death place

Iraq, An Numaniyah

era

Islamic Golden Age

influenced

Muhammad Mahdi al-Jawahiri, Mohammed Ridha Al-Shabibi, Abd al-Wahhab Al-Bayati

influenced by

Saleh, Antarah ibn Shaddad

main interest

Arabic poetry

region

Arab world, Muslim world, Iraq