WRITER

Abu Tammam

788 - 846

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Ḥabīb ibn Aws al-Ṭā’ī (حبيب بن أوس الطائي; ca. 796/807 - 845), better known by his sobriquet Abū Tammām (أبو تمام), was an Arab Muslim poet. He is considered one of the greatest anthologies of Arabic literature ever assembled. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abu Tammam has received more than 113,921 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Abu Tammam is the 1,348th most popular writer (up from 1,603rd in 2019), the 66th most popular biography from Syria (up from 67th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Syrian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

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  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.95

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  • 4.33

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Notable Works

al-Turath wa-al-awlamah
Mushkilat al-talawwuth al-bii wa-al-tanmiyah
al-Jawanib al-susyulujiyah fi al-tanmiyah al-sinaiyah
al-Zakah wa-al-tanmiyah
Malamih al-taghayyur fi al-rif al-Misri
Taammulat fi al-waqi al-ijtimai al-Misri (Dirasat ijtimaiyah)
Ḥamāsah
Arabic poetry, History and criticism
Abū Tammām Ḥabīb ibn Aws al-Ṭāʾī, fl. 808-842's Ḥamāsah; Arabic poetry; history and criticism; early works to 1800.
Ḥamāsah
Arabic poetry, Translations into German
Hamâsa
Arabic literature
Malāmiḥ al-taghayyur fī al-rīf al-Miṣrī
Rural conditions, Economic conditions
Hamâsa
Arabic literature
al-Ḥamāsah
Arabic poetry
a selection of Arabic poems by Aboo Tammám Habíb ibn Aws al-Táyi ... Edited ... by Mawlawi Kabír al-Dín Ahmad ... and Mawlawi Gholam Rabbání.

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Abu Tammam ranks 1,348 out of 7,302Before him are Kurt Tucholsky, Henri Murger, Nadezhda Mandelstam, Adalberon, Edith Södergran, and Georgi Markov. After him are Ignazio Silone, Quintus Fabius Pictor, Mukhtar Auezov, Nikolaus Lenau, Xavier de Maistre, and Jean M. Auel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 788, Abu Tammam ranks 4Before him are Adi Shankara, Abd al-Rahman II, and Methodios I of Constantinople. After him are Ziyadat Allah I of Ifriqiya, and Boniface II, Margrave of Tuscany. Among people deceased in 846, Abu Tammam ranks 4Before him are Bai Juyi, Mojmir I of Moravia, and Emperor Wuzong of Tang.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Abu Tammam ranks 66 out of 210Before him are Hazael (-900), Ibrahim ibn al-Walid (700), Sophronius of Jerusalem (560), Khaled al-Asaad (1932), Seleucus VI Epiphanes (-150), and Duqaq (1100). After him are Zimri-Lim (-1800), As-Salih Ismail al-Malik (1163), Nureddin al-Atassi (1929), Salah al-Din al-Bitar (1912), Ibn Asakir (1105), and Fakhr al-Mulk Radwan (1080).

Among WRITERS In Syria

Among writers born in Syria, Abu Tammam ranks 8Before him are Adunis (1930), Heliodorus of Emesa (250), Nizar Qabbani (1923), Andrew of Crete (660), Herodian (170), and Khaled al-Asaad (1932). After him are Usama ibn Munqidh (1095), Jurji Zaydan (1861), Cassius Longinus (213), Alciphron (200), Ahmad ibn Arabshah (1389), and John Moschus (550).