Abu Nuwas

Arabic poet of Persian-Arab origins

756 CE to 814 CE

Abū Nuwās al-Ḥasan ibn Hānī al-Ḥakamī (756–814), known as Abū Nuwās, is one of the greatest classical Arabic poets, who also composes in Persian on occasion.

Born in the city of Ahvaz in modern-day Iran, to an Arab father and a Persian mother, he becomes a master of all the contemporary genres of Arabic poetry.

Abu Nuwas has also entered the folkloric tradition, and he appears several times in The Book of One Thousand and One Nights.

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