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Al-A'sha

570 - 629

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Al-A'sha (Arabic: ٱلْأَعْشَىٰ) or Maymun Ibn Qays Al-A'sha (d.c. 570– 625) was an Arabic Jahiliyyah poet from Al-Yamama, Arabia. He claimed to receive inspiration from a jinni called Misḥal. Although not a Christian himself, his poems prove familiarity with Christianity. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Al-A'sha is the 3,079th most popular writer (up from 3,357th in 2019), the 195th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (up from 205th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Saudi Arabian Writer.

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Among writers, Al-A'sha ranks 3,079 out of 7,302. Before him are Venedikt Yerofeyev, Claribel Alegría, Consort Ban, Jim Carroll, Josephine Tey, and Laxmi Prasad Devkota. After him are Amadou Hampâté Bâ, Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos, Igor Gouzenko, Philotheus of Pskov, Charles Pinot Duclos, and Elmore Leonard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 570, Al-A'sha ranks 11. Before him are Amr ibn Hishām, Ammar ibn Yasir, Childebert II, Theodelinda, Bhartṛhari, and Witteric. After him is Pybba of Mercia. Among people deceased in 629, Al-A'sha ranks 9. Before him are Chlothar II, Halimah bint Abi Dhuayb, Ja'far ibn Abi Talib, Shahrbaraz, 'Abd Allah ibn Rawahah, and Khosrow III. After him is Eochaid Buide.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Al-A'sha ranks 195 out of 354. Before him are Aliya bint Ali (1911), Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1940), Aban ibn Uthman (641), Abu Dujana (null), Al-Hurr ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Thaqafi (700), and Saeed Al-Owairan (1967). After him are Abdulaziz bin Muhammad Al Saud (1721), Uthman ibn Maz'un (null), Ka'b ibn Zuhayr (700), Umamah bint Zainab (null), Al-Bara' ibn Azib (600), and Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud (1949).

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Among WRITERS In Saudi Arabia

Among writers born in Saudi Arabia, Al-A'sha ranks 7. Before him are Jamal Khashoggi (1958), Antarah ibn Shaddad (525), Imru' al-Qais (501), Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf (600), Al-Khansa (575), and Hassan ibn Thabit (554). After him are Ka'b ibn Zuhayr (700), Umar ibn Abi Rabi'ah (644), Raif Badawi (1984), Hiba Abu Nada (1991), and Rajaa al-Sanea (1981).

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