Abu Tammam
Abu Tammam Habib ibn Aus ( Arabic أبو تمام حبيب بن أوس, DMG Abū Tammām Ḥabīb b. Off ; born 804 near Damascus ; d. 845 in Mosul ) was an Arab poet and the author of a collection of early Arabic poems known under the name Hamasa .
Life
Abu Tammam changed the name of his Christian father Thadhus to Aus and invented an Arab ancestry for himself. In his youth he worked as a weaver's assistant in Damascus , but then traveled to Egypt and began to study poetry . When he started to write verses is not known, but by the time of the caliph al-Muʿtasim (833-842) he was already well known. At the court of al-Muʿtasim he became the most famous eulogist of his time. He traveled to Armenia and Nishapur and on his return from Iran stopped in Hamadan , where he started putting together his Hamasa .
The Hamasa
Abu Tammam's Diwan deals generally with contemporary events of historical importance. At the time, the collection of poems was judged differently by Arab critics. While his mastery and purity of language were widely praised, many rejected his excessive use of intricate poetic stylistic devices .
literature
- Abu Tammam: Hamâsa or the oldest Arabic folk songs , 2 volumes, translated and explained by Friedrich Rückert , reprint of the Stuttgart edition 1846, Georg Olms, Hildesheim 2004, ISBN 3-487-12637-0 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Abū Tammām. In: Encyclopædia Britannica . Accessed January 13, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Abu Tammam |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Abu Tammam Habib ibn Aus (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Arab poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 804 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | at Damascus |
| DATE OF DEATH | 845 |
| Place of death | Mosul |