Ebook: Al-Mutanabbi : voice of the 'Abbasid poetic ideal
Author: Margaret Larkin
- Series: Makers of the Muslim world
- Year: 2008
- Publisher: Oneworld
- City: Oxford
- Language: English
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"Abu'l-Tayyib al-Mutanabbi (915-965) is often regarded as the greatest of the classical Arab poets, with his work occupying a unique position at the heart of Arab culture. Born the son of a water-carrier in Kufah, Iraq, al-Mutanabbi lived a tumultuous lif.