Jarir ibn Atiyah

Arab poet and satirist (c. 650 – c. 728)

Jarir ibn Atiyyah al-Khatafi Al-Tamimi (Arabic: جَرِيرُ بْنُ عَطِيَّةَ اَلْخَطَفِيُّ اَلتَّمِيمِيُّ) (c. 650 – c. 728) 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 Kulayb tribe, 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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