Ziyād al-Aʿd̲j̲am
Ziyad al-A'djam was an Arabic poet of the Umayyad period. Ziyad owed his nickname, "al-A'djam," to his strong Persian accent. According to anecdotes told in the Aghani, his grammar and pronunciation of spoken Arabic was not ideal.
Ziyād al-Aʿd̲j̲am
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