Jarir ibn Atiyyah al-Khatafi Al-Tamimi was an Umayyad-era Arab poet and satirist from Najd in Saudi Arabia. He was born during the reign of Rashidun caliph Uthman ibn Affan, and was a member of the tribe Banu Kilab, a part of the Banu Tamim.
Writers born in the 650s 6
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Jarir ibn Atiyyah al-Khatafi Al-Tamimi was an Umayyad-era Arab poet and satirist from Najd in Saudi Arabia. He was born during the reign of Rashidun caliph Uthman ibn Affan, and was a member of the tribe Banu Kilab, a part of the Banu Tamim. He was a native of al-Yamamah, but also spent time in Damascus at the court of the Umayyad caliphs.
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Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 650 to 728 · aged 78
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