Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf
Abu al-Fadl Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf (750 in Basra-809), was an Arab Abbasid poet from the tribe of Banu Hanifa. His work consists solely of love poems (ghazal). It is "primarily concerned with the hopelessness of love, and the personae in his compositions seems resigned to a relationship of deprivation".
Also recorded as Abu al-Fadl Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf
Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf
- Name
- Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf
- Born
- 750
- Birthplace
- Basra, Abbasid Caliphate
- Died
- 809
- Place of death
- Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
- Occupation
- Poet
- Nationality
- Abbasid Caliphate
- Fields
- ghazal
- Languages
- Arabic
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The vocabulary he chose was simple and his style is fluent and easy. He grew up in Baghdad, where he became a friend of the Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid. Who employed him for the purpose of amusing him in time of leisure. His work was an acknowledged influence on Abdullah ibn al-Mu'tazz and Abu al-Atahiya.
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• Name — Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf • Born — 750 • Birthplace — Basra, Abbasid Caliphate • Died — 809 • Place of death — Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate • Occupation — Poet • Language — Arabic • Notable Works — Love poems (ghazal) • Native Name — عباس بن الأحنف
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750
Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf born at Basra.
808
Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf died at Baghdad.
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Antithesis in the Poetry of Al-Abbas ibn al-Ahnaf, Al-Qurtas, 2026. ‘Abd al-Wahhab al-Bayyati (1926–99): Al-‘Abbas ibn al-Ahnaf: Impossible Love, Baghdad, 2013. Al-‘Abbas ibn al-Ahnaf (750– 809): [Oh Sun of Baghdad!], Baghdad, 2013.
Al-‘Abbas ibn al-Ahnaf: [The Eye’s Greatest Delight], Baghdad, 2013. Al-‘Abbas ibn al-Ahnaf (750– 809): [From Harun al-Rashid’s Mouth], Baghdad, 2013
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- 1.Roger Allen. (2000). An Introduction to Arabic Literature. p. 106.
- 2.R. Jacobi. (1998) al-'Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf. In Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature (Vol. 1, pp. 2-3). Taylor & Francis.
- 3.Bird Through A Ceiling of Alabaster; Three Abbasid Poets, translated by Abdullah Al-Udhari and George Wightman (Penguin, 1975)
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Those registers additionally record the forms ʻAbbās ibn al-Aḥnaf, approximately 750-approximately 808, Abbas ibn al-Ahnaf, ʿAbbās Ibn-al-Aḥnaf al- 750-809, ʿAbbās Ibn-al-Aḥnaf al-Yamāmī, Abu-'l-Faḍl al-, 750-809, ʿAbbās Ibn al-Aḥnaf al-, 750-809 and ʿAbbās Ibn-al-Aḥnaf, Abu-'l-Faḍl al-, 750-809.
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