# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
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# Generated: 2026-08-31T14:39:15.955Z

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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born around 756 to mixed Arab and Persian parents, he studied in Basra and al-Kufah under poets Waliba ibn al-Hubab and Khalaf al-Ahmar, alongside Qur'an, Hadith, and grammar. He rose to favor at the courts of caliphs Harun ar-Rashid and al-Amin, where his Diwan — a collected volume exploring religion, pleasure, and homoeroticism — marked him as the foremost voice of the muhdath, the modern poetry breaking from classical forms. He died around 814, but the legend outran the man: he reappeared as a folkloric character in One Thousand and One Nights, his name now shorthand for wit and transgression.