جرير بن عطية
جرير بن عطية
Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Poet
- Era
- The Umayyad Period
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Overview
Jarir ibn Atiya ibn al-Khatafi al-Tamimi al-Basri, a poet who praised the caliphs of the Umayyads. His poetry is preserved in writing. 1
With the caliphs
He praised Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, and the caliph gave him a hundred she-camels. 1
Among the poets of his age
The book says that with al-Farazdaq and al-Akhtal he was among the most prominent poets of the Umayyad age, and that there was disagreement over which of them was the best poet. 2
Sources
- الدولة الأموية: عوامل الازدهار وتداعيات الانهيار — علي محمد الصلابي (الجزء الثاني، 2005), pp.40-41
- الدولة الأموية: عوامل الازدهار وتداعيات الانهيار — علي محمد الصلابي (الجزء الثاني، 2005), p.41
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islam.museum contributors. “جرير بن عطية”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/jarir-ibn-atiya/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.