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Semi-legendary pre-Islamic poet

WritersLived 401 to 600 · aged 199
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Al-Shanfarā was a semi-legendary pre-Islamic poet tentatively associated with Tanomah from Bani Shehr Tribe, and the supposed author of the celebrated poem Lāmiyyāt ‘al-Arab.

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Al-Shanfarā was a semi-legendary pre-Islamic poet tentatively associated with Tanomah from Bani Shehr Tribe, and the supposed author of the celebrated poem Lāmiyyāt ‘al-Arab. He enjoys a status as a figure of an archetypal outlaw antihero (su'luk), critiquing the hypocrisies of his society from his position as an outsider.

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deceased
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Lived 401 to 600 · aged 199
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