Abu Nuwas

Abu Nuwas
Abu Nuwas drawn by Khalil Gibran in 1916
Abu Nuwas drawn by Khalil Gibran in 1916
BornAbū Nuwās al-Ḥasan ibn Hānī al-Ḥakamī
c. 756
Ahvaz, Abbasid Caliphate
Diedc. 814 (aged 57–58)
Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
OccupationPoet
LanguageArabic

Abu Nuwas (أبو نواس, Abū Nuwās)[a] (c. 756 – c. 814) was a classical Arabic poet, and the foremost representative of the modern (muhdath) poetry that developed during the first years of Abbasid Caliphate. He also entered the folkloric tradition, appearing several times in One Thousand and One Nights.

  1. ^ Ibn-Hallikān 1961, p. 546, II.


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