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Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Mutanabbī, 915‒965


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Language

Arabic

Gender

Male

Date of birth

  • 915-916 Gregorian

    303 Hegirian

Place of birth

Kūfa

Place of birth

الكوفة

Place of birth

Kūfa

Date of death

  • 965 Gregorian

    354 Hegirian

Place of death

Dayr al-ʿAqūl

Place of death

بغداد

Place of death

Dayr al-ʿAqūl

Country associated

Iraq

Egypt

بلاد الشام

Profession

Poète panégyrique

Profession

شاعر  —  لغوي  —  أديب

Profession

Panegyric poet

Activity

Poésie.- Philosophie

Activity

الشعر  —  اللغة  —  الأدب

Activity

Poetry.- Philosophy

Residence

Damas  —  Kūfa  —  Fusṭāṭ  —  Sanāwa  —  Arraǧān  —  Bagdad  —  Šīrāz  —  Al-Lāḏikkiyya  —  Alep

Residence

فارس  —  حمص  —  الشام  —  اللاذقية  —  الكوفة  —  حلب  —  بغداد  —  أنطاكية  —  مصر  —  إرجان  —  شيراز

Residence

Damas  —  Kūfa  —  Fusṭāṭ  —  Sanāwa  —  Arraǧān  —  Baghdad  —  Šīrāz  —  Al-Lāḏikkiyya  —  Alep

Other designation

أبو الطيب المتنبي  —  شاعر الزمان

Biography

  • Poète arabe souvent surnommé "l'homme qui se donne pour prophète".- Originaire d'une famille humble.- Panégyriste à gages, il eut de nombreux mécènes et employeurs de différentes classes dans différents endroits.- Par son enfance et ses premiers maîtres, il a subit des influences šīʿites et qarmatistes qui influencèrent sa poésie et sa philosophie.- Il en développe des idées politiques et organise une insurrection de 928 à 933 depuis al-Lāḏikkiyya.- Son insurrection est arrêté en 933 et il fait un séjour de deux ans en prison à Ḥimṣ.- Il eut 4 différentes périodes littéraire, d'abord plus classique, il développe ensuite un style propre qui a influencé tous les panégyristes arabes qui lui succédèrent.- Il meurt sur la route de Bagdad en 965, attaqué des Bédouins

Biography

  • Arabic poet often referred to as "he who professes to be a prophet".- He came from a humble family.- Paid panegyrist, he worked for different people of various classes in many places.- During his childhood and through his teachers, he get some Šīʿia and Qarmatians influences, which recures in his poetry and philosophy.- He developped political ideas and organized a riot from 928 to 933 from al-Lāḏikkiyya.- His riot was stopped in 933 and he was jailed for two years in Ḥimṣ.- He had 4 different litterary period, at the beggining more classical, he developed then a proper style that influenced all the following arab panegyrists.- He died on his way to Baghdad in 965, attacked by some Bedouins

Identifier

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Webography

2
Bibliography

5

Diamond   A 18914

Created at 19-01-2003 by migration (IDEO)

Updated at 24-09-2023 by Tamer El-Gebali (Institute of Arabic Manuscripts)


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Production | 5

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Collaborator | 46