Abu Nuwas

Al-Hasan ibn Hani, known as Abu Nuwas, was born in Ahvaz around the middle of the eighth century, to an Arab father who was a soldier and a Persian mother. As a child he followed his mother to Basra, then trained in Kufa under the poets Waliba ibn al-Hubab and Khalaf al-Ahmar. In Baghdad, his panegyrics won him the favour of Harun al-Rashid, and he became the boon companion of the latter's son, al-Amin, who nonetheless had him imprisoned for his excesses. He died in Baghdad around 814 or 815, in circumstances that the traditions report in contradictory ways.

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• Poetryديوان أبي نواسAbu Nuwas · 800not translated into EnglishLiterature