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al-Fadl ibn al-Abbas ibn Utba ibn Abi Lahab

الفضل بن العباس بن عتبة بن أبي لهب

700~

Jazirat al-Arab (the Arabian Peninsula)

A fluent Islamic-era Hashimi poet, distinct from the Companion al-Fadl ibn al-Abbas (may God be pleased with him) ibn Abd al-Muttalib (may God be pleased with him), as the Hamasa commentary describes him {1}.

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At a glance

Roles
Poet
Era
The Umayyad Period
Region
Arabia

Life in time

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The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate · The Umayyad Period Contemporaries: Abd al-A'la ibn Abdallah ibn Amir · Abd al-Aziz ibn Abdallah ibn Amir · Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan · Abd al-Malik ibn Abi Hurra · Abd Al Malik Ibn Hazim

In space

Jazirat al-Arab (the Arabian Peninsula)

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Literature

Place in the story

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Lived in
Jazirat al-Arab (the Arabian Peninsula)

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Abdullah ibn Abi Atiq· Abu Afak· Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith· al-Akhzar ibn Lut al-Dili· al-Hadira· al-Harith ibn Hilliza al-Yashkuri· al-Harith ibn Sulayl al-Asadi· al-Harith ibn Wa'la al-Jarmi

Sources

  1. Diwan al-Hamasa of Abu Tammam (1916 edition) , p.65
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