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Abu-l-'Atahiya

748 - 826

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Abū al-ʻAtāhiyya (Arabic: أبو العتاهية; 748–828), full name Abu Ishaq Isma'il ibn al-Qasim ibn Suwayd Al-Anzi (أبو إسحاق إسماعيل بن القاسم بن سويد العنزي), was one of the principal Arab poets of the early Islamic era, a prolific muwallad poet of ascetics who ranked with Bashshār and Abū Nuwās, both of whom he met. He renounced poetry for a time on religious grounds. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abu-l-'Atahiya is the 3,244th most popular writer (down from 2,400th in 2019), the 262nd most popular biography from Iraq (down from 223rd in 2019) and the 20th most popular Iraqi Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Abu-l-'Atahiya ranks 3,244 out of 7,302. Before him are Ernst Wiechert, Kim Hyon-hui, Pedro Salinas, Joan Maragall, E. E. Smith, and Jien. After him are Henning Jakob Henrik Lund, Suzanne Curchod, Gaston Rébuffat, Eric Ambler, Yasutaka Tsutsui, and Qian Zhongshu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 748, Abu-l-'Atahiya ranks 2. Before him is Charlemagne.  Among people deceased in 826, Abu-l-'Atahiya ranks 3. Before him are Theodore the Studite, and Ashot I of Iberia.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Abu-l-'Atahiya ranks 262 out of 384. Before him are Hisham ibn al-Kalbi (737), Abu Sulayman Sijistani (932), Enlil-nirari (-1400), Ashur-resh-ishi I (-1200), Eriba-Adad I (-1400), and Ibrahim ibn Sinan (908). After him are Yahya ibn Ma'in (775), Ahmed Chalabi (1944), Ur-Zababa (-2350), Khumarawayh ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun (864), Kadashman-Enlil I (-1400), and Ashur-rabi II (-1100).

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Among WRITERS In Iraq

Among writers born in Iraq, Abu-l-'Atahiya ranks 20. Before him are Al-Hariri of Basra (1054), Aphrahat (280), Al-Sharif al-Radi (970), Al-Farazdaq (641), Ishaq ibn Hunayn (830), and Al-Asmaʿi (740). After 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).

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