دعبل الخزاعي

Di'bil al-Khuza'i, a poet whom al-Suyuti describes as a Shi'i, known for his satires of the Abbasid caliphs. ²

He satirised al-Mu'tasim in his well-known poem that opens with "The kings of the Abbasids are seven in the books," and compared him in it to the dog of the People of the Cave. He also satirised Wasif and Ashnas. ²

When al-Mu'tasim learned of this, Di'bil became afraid and fled until he reached Egypt, then went out to the Maghrib. ²

Al-Mas'udi quotes verses in which he mourns the Barmakids, among them "Have you not seen the turn of time against the house of Barmak?" ³