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al-Ukuk

العكوك

c. 776 CE · c. 160 AH

Abu al-Hasan Ali b. Jabala, 'al-Ukuk' (b. c. 160) — the famous poet dragged bound before al-Ma'mun in 213 1.

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Era
The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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650675700725750775800825850875 c. c. c. c. c.
The Early Abbasid Caliphate · Abbasid Fragmentation · The Rashidun Caliphate · The Umayyad Period Contemporaries: Abd al-Ala al-Sadafi · Abd al-Rahman ibn Ziyad ibn An'am · Abu Al Hudhayl Al Allaf · أبو عبيد القاسم بن سلام · الحكم الأول بن هشام

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