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al-Hamdānī: Facts & Related Content

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Also Known As Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan ibn Aḥmad al-Hamdānī
Born 893? • Sanaa • Yemen
Died c.945?
Notable Works “Al-Iklīl”
Subjects Of Study Arabia
Ibn al-ʿArabī
Muslim mystic
Al-Bīrūnī, Afghan commemorative stamp, 1973.
al-Bīrūnī
Persian scholar and scientist
Medina, Saudi Arabia: Prophet's Mosque
Muhammad
prophet of Islam
al-Masʿūdī
Arab historian
Ameen Rihani
Arab American author and political figure
Imruʾ al-Qays
Arab poet
al-Maʿarrī
Arab poet
al-Farazdaq
Islamic poet
Sermon being preached from a minbar, miniature from the Maqāmāt of al-Ḥarīrī, 1223; in the National Library, Paris (MS Arabe 6094, fol. 93).
al-Ḥarīrī
Islamic scholar
Iliya Abu Madi
Arab writer
Jarīr
Arab poet
Ibn al-Fāriḍ
Arab poet
al-Buḥturī
Arab author
Abū Nuwās
Persian poet
al-Nābighah al-Dhubyānī
Arab poet
Ṭarafah ibn al-ʿAbd
Arabian poet
al-Khansāʾ
Arab poet
Bahāʾ al-Dīn Zuhayr
Arab poet
Ibn Qutaybah
Muslim author
al-Akhṭal
Umayyad poet

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