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Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf

750 - 808

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Abu al-Fadl Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf (Arabic: عباس بن الأحنف) (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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf is the 4,017th most popular writer (up from 4,772nd in 2019), the 293rd most popular biography from Iraq (up from 316th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Iraqi Writer.

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Among writers, Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf ranks 4,017 out of 7,302. Before him are Ibn Bibi, Ferdinand Bruckner, Bat Ye'or, Savo Kostadinovski, Roger Vitrac, and Arundhati Roy. After him are Ralph Ellison, Cui Hao, Konrad Pellikan, Alexander Neckam, Rosa Montero, and Oskar Luts.

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Among people born in 750, Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf ranks 18. Before him are Domenico Monegario, Teodato Ipato, Cuthred of Wessex, Sigeberht of Wessex, Antony I of Constantinople, and Æthelheard of Wessex. After him are Gisulf II of Benevento, Liutprand of Benevento, Alboin of Spoleto, Eanred of Northumbria, and Alhred of Northumbria. Among people deceased in 808, Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf ranks 1. After him is Ælfwald II of Northumbria.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf ranks 293 out of 384. Before him are Ashur-bel-kala (-1200), Ashur-nadin-ahhe II (-1500), Abū Hayyān al-Tawhīdī (923), Ishme-Dagan (-2000), Mustafa Al-Kadhimi (1967), and Ali Larijani (1957). After him are Ignatius Gabriel I Tappouni (1879), Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi (1863), Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz (861), Raghad Hussein (1968), Abu Ali al-Anbari (1957), and Puzur-Ashur III (-1600).

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Among WRITERS In Iraq

Among writers born in Iraq, Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf ranks 26. Before him are Abu-l-'Atahiya (748), Abu Firas al-Hamdani (932), Nazik Al-Malaika (1923), Jacob of Serugh (451), Abu Isa al-Warraq (null), and Abū Hayyān al-Tawhīdī (923). After him are Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz (861), Abdullah Goran (1904), Ahmet Haşim (1887), and Muhsin al-Ramli (1967).

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