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Zuhayr

Arabian poet · Writers · Lived 520 to 609 · aged 89

Zuhayr bin Abī Sulmā, also romanized as Zuhair or Zoheir, was a pre-Islamic Arabian poet who lived in the 6th & 7th centuries AD. He is considered one of the greatest writers of Arabic poetry in pre-Islamic times. Zuhayr belonged to the Banu Muzaina.

Zuhayr is read about 131 times a day, in 23 languages.

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His father was a poet and his elder son Ka'b bin Zuhayr also became a poet, reading his works to the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
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Lived 520 to 609 · aged 89