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Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz

861 - 908

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Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz (Arabic: عبد الله بن المعتز, romanized: ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Muʿtazz; 861 – 29 December 908) was the son of the caliph al-Mu'tazz and a political figure, but is better known as a leading Arabic poet and the author of the Kitab al-Badi, an early study of Arabic forms of poetry. This work is considered one of the earliest works in Arabic literary theory and literary criticism. Persuaded to assume the role of caliph of the Abbasid dynasty following the premature death of al-Muktafi, he succeeded in ruling for a single day and a single night, before he was forced into hiding, found and then strangled in a palace intrigue that brought al-Muqtadir, then thirteen years old, to the throne. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz is the 4,139th most popular writer (down from 3,405th in 2019), the 296th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 275th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Iraqi Writer.

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Among writers, Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz ranks 4,139 out of 7,302. Before him are William Thoms, Titsian Tabidze, Elizabeth Bowen, Vasco Pratolini, Peter Straub, and Hranush Arshagyan. After him are Melissa Mathison, Jean de Brunhoff, Sonny Barger, Alexander Serafimovich, David Lagercrantz, and Reinhard Bonnke.

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Among people born in 861, Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 908, Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz ranks 6. Before him are Emperor Ai of Tang, Al-Muktafi, Li Keyong, Asser, and Remigius of Auxerre.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz ranks 296 out of 384. Before him are Ishme-Dagan (-2000), Mustafa Al-Kadhimi (1967), Ali Larijani (1957), Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf (750), Ignatius Gabriel I Tappouni (1879), and Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi (1863). After him are Raghad Hussein (1968), Abu Ali al-Anbari (1957), Puzur-Ashur III (-1600), Ashur-nirari III (-1300), Yitzhak Kaduri (1898), and Yitzhak Mordechai (1944).

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Among WRITERS In Iraq

Among writers born in Iraq, Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz ranks 27. Before him are Abu Firas al-Hamdani (932), Nazik Al-Malaika (1923), Jacob of Serugh (451), Abu Isa al-Warraq (null), Abū Hayyān al-Tawhīdī (923), and Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf (750). After him are Abdullah Goran (1904), Ahmet Haşim (1887), and Muhsin al-Ramli (1967).

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