WRITER

Al-Khansa

575 - 645

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Tumāḍir bint ʿAmr ibn al-Ḥārith ibn al-Sharīd al-Sulamīyah (Arabic: تماضر بنت عمرو بن الحارث بن الشريد السُلمية), usually simply referred to as al-Khansāʾ (Arabic: الخنساء, meaning "snub-nosed", an Arabic epithet for a gazelle as metaphor for beauty) was a 7th-century tribeswoman, living in the Arabian Peninsula. She was one of the most influential poets of the pre-Islamic and early Islamic periods. In her time, the role of a female poet was to write elegies for the dead and perform them for the tribe in public oral competitions. Al-Khansāʾ won respect and fame in these competitions with her elegies, and is widely considered as the finest author of Arabic elegies and one of the greatest and best known female Arab poets of all time. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Al-Khansa is the 1,564th most popular writer (down from 1,244th in 2019), the 141st most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 137th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Saudi Arabian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Al-Khansa ranks 1,564 out of 7,302. Before her are John Brunner, Shammai, Felice Romani, Joseph Karo, Forough Farrokhzad, and Lina Heydrich. After her are Ödön von Horváth, Jean de Meun, Gottfried August Bürger, Hermann Bahr, Lord Alfred Douglas, and Namdev.

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Among people born in 575, Al-Khansa ranks 4. Before her are Heraclius, Pope Boniface V, and Cynegils. After her is Abe no Hirafu. Among people deceased in 645, Al-Khansa ranks 2. Before her is Saint Gall. After her is Soga no Iruka.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Al-Khansa ranks 141 out of 354. Before her are Muqrin bin Abdulaziz (1945), Abdallah ibn Sa'd (650), 'Abd al-Ilah (1913), Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1928), 'Abd Allah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As (616), and Faisal bin Musaid Al Saud (1944). After her are Abd-Allah ibn Jahsh (580), Al-Mughira (600), Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr (631), Hassan ibn Thabit (554), Wasil ibn Ata (700), and Abu Sa'īd al-Khūdrī (612).

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Among WRITERS In Saudi Arabia

Among writers born in Saudi Arabia, Al-Khansa ranks 5. Before her are Jamal Khashoggi (1958), Antarah ibn Shaddad (525), Imru' al-Qais (501), and Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf (600). After her are Hassan ibn Thabit (554), Al-A'sha (570), 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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