al-Salami, Muhammad ibn Abdallah

السلامي محمد بن عبد الله

947 CE · 336 AH – 1003 CE · 393 AH

Al-Salami (336–393) — the Makhzumi poet of Baghdad, descended from al-Walid b. al-Mughira; al-Tha'alibi calls him 'the most poetic of the Iraqis'; sang from age ten; praised Adud al-Dawla and faded after his death 1.

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
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Abbasid Fragmentation · The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era Contemporaries: Abd al-Ghani ibn Sa'id al-Azdi · أبو بكر ابن لال الهمداني · Al-Bayakandi, Ahmad ibn Ali · Abu al-Faraj al-Makhzumi · al-Musabbihi

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