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Shamim al-Hilli

شميم الحلي

1205 CE · 601 AH

Muhadhdhab al-Din 'Shamim' al-Hilli (d. 601, Mosul) — Hilla's sharp-tongued poet; his Lamsa in ten chapters vied with Abu Tammam's Hamasa; nicknamed for having no sense of smell 1.

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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: أبو المحاسن الشواء · Ali ibn Isma'il al-Abyari · أحمد البدوي · Ahmad ibn Yusuf al-Tifashi · Al-Baydawi, Abd Allah ibn Umar

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