Al-Abbas ibn al-Ahnaf
العباس بن الأحنف
808 CE · 192 AH
An Abbasid poet raised in Baghdad, with family in Basra. He was linked by nisba to the Banu Hanifa.
At a glance
- Roles
- Poet
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Life in time
Place in the story
- PoetTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
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موجز
العباس بن الأحنف بن الأسود الحنفي شاعر عباسي، نشأ في بغداد وأهله في البصرة، ونُسب إلى بني حنيفة. توفي نحو سنة 192هـ (808م)، بحسب «موسوعة أعلام العلماء والأدباء». 1
في «مروج الذهب»
People and things also explored
al-Tanahmir: the Himyaritic speech remnant· Arab naming of children after plants· The delegation of Banu Tamim and the boasting contest· Ka'b ibn Zuhayr's pardon and recitation of Banat Su'ad· Khuza'a's appeal to Medina· Salim ibn Umayr's mission to kill Abu Afak· Umayr ibn Adi al-Khatmi's mission to kill Asma' bint Marwan· The killing of Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO, p.342-344
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.288
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.496-497
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Al-Abbas ibn al-Ahnaf”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-abbas-ibn-al-ahnaf/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.