About Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf
Lived 750 – 808 (aged 57–58). Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf was an Arab poet.
Abu al-Fadl Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf (750 in Basra-809), was an Arab Abbasid poet from the tribe of Banu Hanifa. His work consists solely of love poems (ghazal). It is "primarily concerned with the hopelessness of love, and the personae in his compositions seems resigned to a relationship of deprivation". The vocabulary he chose was simple and his style is fluent and easy.
He grew up in Baghdad, where he became a friend of the Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid. who employed him for the purpose of amusing him in time of leisure. His work was an acknowledged influence on Abdullah ibn al-Mu'tazz and Abu al-Atahiya.
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Who was Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf?
Arab Abbasid poet (750–809)
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Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf was born in 750 in Basra.
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Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf died in 808 in Baghdad.
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Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf was a poet.
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Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf was Arab.
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