WRITER

Umar ibn Abi Rabi'ah

644 - 712

Umar ibn Abi Rabi'ah

ʿUmar ibn Abī Rabīʿah al-Makhzūmī (Arabic: عمر بن أبي ربيعة المخزومي) (November 644, Mecca – 712/719, Mecca, full name: Abū ’l-Khaṭṭāb ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Abī Rabīʿah Ibn al-Mughayra ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar ibn Makhzūm ibn Yakaza ibn Murra al-Makhzūmī) was an Arab poet. He was born into a wealthy family of the Quraysh tribe of Mecca, his father being ʿAbd Allāh and his mother Asmā bint Mukharriba. He was characterised by the biographer Ibn Khallikan as 'the best poet ever produced by the tribe of Quraysh'. He is known for his love poetry and for being one of the originators of the literary form ghazel in Islamic literature. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Umar ibn Abi Rabi'ah is the 4,231st most popular writer (down from 3,815th in 2019), the 207th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia and the 9th most popular Saudi Arabian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Umar ibn Abi Rabi'ah ranks 4,231 out of 7,302. Before him are Álvaro Cunqueiro, Robert Ettinger, Friedebert Tuglas, Max Lange, William Hazlitt, and Karel Sabina. After him are Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov, Emanuel Geibel, Vasily Lebedev-Kumach, Juan Antonio Villacañas, Tevfik Fikret, and Glen A. Larson.

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Umar ibn Abi Rabi'ah
WRITER
644 - 712
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 1

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HPI: 57.41
Rank: 5

In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Umar ibn Abi Rabi'ah ranks 207 out of 354. Before him are Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud (1949), Sharif Ali (1450), Nafiʽ al-Madani (689), Ibn al-Khattab (1969), Utba ibn Ghazwan (581), and Mansour Ojjeh (1952). After him are Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1931), Saud Al-Shuraim (1964), Sami Al-Jaber (1972), Hani Hanjour (1972), Abdullah ibn Hudhafah as-Sahmi (null), and Mohamed Al-Deayea (1972).

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Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud
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HPI: 59.11
Rank: 201
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HPI: 58.85
Rank: 202
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HPI: 58.42
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WRITER
644 - 712
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 207
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HPI: 56.07
Rank: 213