Abu Tammam
Muslim Arab poet of Abbasid era (died 850) · Writers · Lived 804 to 846 · aged 42
Ḥabīb ibn Aws al-Ṭā’ī, better known by his sobriquet Abū Tammām, was an Arab Muslim poet. He is well known for compiling the Hamasah, which is considered to be one of the greatest anthologies of Arabic literature ever assembled. The Hamasah contained 10 books of poems, with 884 poems in total.
Abu Tammam is read about 100 times a day, in 35 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 104 days, one point a day.
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Writers
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Deceased
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Lived 804 to 846 · aged 42
