Abu al-Ayna

أبو العيناء

806 CE · 190 AH – 896 CE · 283 AH

Abu al-Ayna (190–283) — the blind wit of Baghdad, mawla of al-Mansur; heard hadith and adab from Abu Ubayda and al-Asma'i; unmatched for memory and instant repartee, his anecdotes fill the adab books; famous for his quip to al-Mutawakkil at the Ja'fari palace 1.

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The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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7507758008258508759009259509751000 c. c.
The Early Abbasid Caliphate · Abbasid Fragmentation · The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Umayyad Period Contemporaries: Abu Umar al-Mutarriz · Ibn Abi Usama, al-Harith ibn Muhammad · Tha'lab, Ahmad ibn Yahya · أبو جعفر الترمذي · محمد بن نصر المروزي

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  1. Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
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