Zuhayr ibn Abi Sulma

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Zuhayr ibn Abi Sulma was a pre-Islamic Arabian poet renowned as one of the greatest masters of classical Arabic poetry and a prominent author of a celebrated Mu'allaqa.

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instanceOf person
poet
pre-Islamic Arab poet
alternativeName Zuhayr ibn Abi Sulma al-Muzani NERFINISHED
Zuhayr ibn Abī Sulmā NERFINISHED
child Bujayr ibn Zuhayr NERFINISHED
Ka'b ibn Zuhayr NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Hejaz (historical region) NERFINISHED
culture pre-Islamic Arabian culture
deathBefore 610 CE (start of Islamic revelation)
era Jahiliyyah NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Arabs
surface form: Arab
father Abi Sulma NERFINISHED
floruit 6th century
genre classical Arabic poetry
qasida
hasCanonicalStatus one of the most esteemed poets of pre-Islamic Arabia
influenced Ka'b ibn Zuhayr NERFINISHED
later classical Arabic poets
knownFor authorship of a celebrated Mu'allaqa
being one of the greatest masters of classical Arabic poetry
moral and reflective themes in poetry
languageOfWorkOrName Arabic
literaryForm long ode
movement Jahiliyyah poetry NERFINISHED
pre-Islamic poetry
name Zuhayr ibn Abi Sulma NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage Arabic
notableWork Mu'allaqa of Zuhayr NERFINISHED
ode praising the peace between Abs and Dhubyan
one of the Mu'allaqat
occupation poet
tribal panegyrist
partOf the canon of the Seven Mu'allaqat NERFINISHED
region Najd and Hejaz NERFINISHED
relative Bujayr ibn Zuhayr NERFINISHED
Ka'b ibn Zuhayr NERFINISHED
religion paganism
style balanced structure of odes
clarity and simplicity of diction
moralizing tone
theme condemnation of war
praise of peacemakers
transience of life
tribal reconciliation
timePeriod pre-Islamic Arabia
tribe Banu Muzayna NERFINISHED

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Mu'allaqat hasPoet Zuhayr ibn Abi Sulma