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Also Known As	Sharaf al-Dīn Abū Ḥafṣ ʿUmar ibn al-Fāriḍ
Born	March 22, 1181 or March 11, 1182 • Cairo • Egypt
Died	January 23, 1235 • Cairo • Egypt
Notable Works	“The Poem of the Way”

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Persian poet

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Arabian poet

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Arabian poet

ʿUmar ibn Abī Rabīʿah

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