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Abu Nuwas

762 - 814

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Abu Nuwas (أبو نواس, Abū Nuwās) (756-8 – c. 814) was a classical Arabic poet, and the foremost representative of the modern (muhdath) poetry that developed during the first years of the Abbasid Caliphate. He also entered the folkloric tradition, appearing several times in One Thousand and One Nights. Of mixed Arab and Persian heritage, he studied in Basra and al-Kufah, first under the poet Walibah ibn al-Hubab, and later under Khalaf al-Ahmar. He also studied the Qur'an, Hadith, and grammar. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abu Nuwas is the 84th most popular writer (up from 104th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Iran (up from 12th in 2019) and the most popular Iranian Writer.

Abu Nuwas is most famous for being the first person to write erotic poetry in Arabic.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Abu Nuwas ranks 84 out of 7,302. Before him are Toni Morrison, George R. R. Martin, Lord Byron, Nikolai Gogol, D. H. Lawrence, and Daniel Defoe. After him are Kālidāsa, Maxim Gorky, Du Fu, Pablo Neruda, George Bernard Shaw, and Maurice Maeterlinck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 762, Abu Nuwas ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 814, Abu Nuwas ranks 2. Before him is Charlemagne. After him are Krum, and Angilbert.

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  • Photo of Charlemagne

    Charlemagne

    POLITICIAN

    748 - 814

    HPI: 89.85

    Rank: 1

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    Abu Nuwas

    WRITER

    762 - 814

    HPI: 82.59

    Rank: 2

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    Krum

    POLITICIAN

    710 - 814

    HPI: 73.78

    Rank: 3

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    Angilbert

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    740 - 814

    HPI: 59.11

    Rank: 4

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Abu Nuwas ranks 7 out of 631. Before him are Xerxes I (-519), Cyrus the Great (-600), Omar Khayyam (1048), Al-Ghazali (1058), Zoroaster (-2000), and Ruhollah Khomeini (1902). After him are Jabir ibn Hayyan (721), Harun al-Rashid (766), Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919), Darius III (-380), Ali Khamenei (1939), and Bahá'u'lláh (1817).

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Among WRITERS In Iran

Among writers born in Iran, Abu Nuwas ranks 1. After him are Hafez (1325), Ismail I (1487), Ferdowsi (940), Mansur Al-Hallaj (858), Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (1201), Jami (1414), Shams Tabrizi (1185), Doris Lessing (1919), Saadi Shirazi (1210), Attar of Nishapur (1145), and Magtymguly Pyragy (1733).

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