About Abd al-Hamid al-Katib
Lived 650 – 756 (aged 105–106). Abd al-Hamid al-Katib was a writer and literary scholar.
Abd al-Hamid ibn Yahya al-Katib was the secretary to the last Umayyad Caliph, Marwan II, and a supreme stylist of early Arabic prose.
Quote: Cultivate the Arabic language so that you may speak correctly; develop a handsome script which will add luster to your writings; learn the poetry of the Arabs by heart; familiarize yourself with unusual ideas and expressions; read the history of the Arabs and the Persians, and remember their great deeds. According to the Encyclopedia of Islam (3rd edition), Abd al-Hamid al-Katib was "a third-generation Muslim of non-Arab, probably Persian, extraction".
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Who was Abd al-Hamid al-Katib?
Umayyad official, Islamic scholar
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Abd al-Hamid al-Katib was born in 650.
When did Abd al-Hamid al-Katib die?
Abd al-Hamid al-Katib died in 756 in Egypt.
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Abd al-Hamid al-Katib was a writer and literary scholar.
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