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Dik al-Jinn

ديك الجن

778 CE · 161 AH – 850 CE · c. 236 AH

Dik al-Jinn (Abd al-Salam b. Raghaban, d. c. 235) — the celebrated Abbasid poet of Homs, a mawla of Tayyi' who never left Syria; author of Masari' al-Ushshaq; a tale of Abu Nuwas hunting him out in Homs survives 1.

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The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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The Early Abbasid Caliphate · Abbasid Fragmentation · The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Umayyad Period Contemporaries: Al-Husayn ibn al-Dahhak al-Khali' · al-Jahiz · Abu Umar al-Mutarriz · Ishaq ibn Rahwayh · Abu Al Hudhayl Al Allaf

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  1. Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
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islam.museum contributors. “Dik al-Jinn”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/dik-al-jinn/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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