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Abu Dalama

أبو دلامة

Abu Dalama Zand b. al-Jawn — the celebrated black jester-poet, mawla of Banu Asad; attached to al-Saffah, al-Mansur and al-Mahdi, famed for wit, verse and anecdotes; said to have lived into Harun's reign 1.

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The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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  1. Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
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