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Taʾabbaṭa Sharran
Arab poet · Writers · Died 530
Thabit ibn Jabr, better known by his epithet Ta'abbata Sharran was a pre-Islamic Arabic poet of the su'luk (vagabond) school. He lived in the Arabian Peninsula near the city of Ta'if, and was a member of the Fahm tribe. He was known for engaging in tribal conflict with the Banu Hudhayl and Bajila tribes.
Taʾabbaṭa Sharran is read about 120 times a day, in 5 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 10 October 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 120 days, one point a day.
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He wrote poems about tribal warfare, the hardships of desert life, and ghouls. His work was prominent in the early poetic anthologies, being preserved in both the Mufaddaliyat and the Hamasah. Details of his life are known only from pseudo-historical accounts in the poetic anthologies and the Kitab al-Aghani.
