Mutalammis
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Al-Mutalammis (Arabic: المتلمس), real name Jarīr ibn ʻAbd al-Masīḥ, was a 6th-century Arab Christian poet. He was the maternal uncle of fellow poet Tarafa. Al-Mutalammis was from the Banu Bakr tribe.
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- Died
- approximately 569
- Works
- 1
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- Dīwān al-Mutalammis al-Ḍubaʻī
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- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of death
- Bosra
- Occupation
- poet
- Religion
- Nestorianism
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- date of death
- 0580-00-00
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- Biography
- Conflict with the Lakhmids
- Legacy
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Al-Mutalammis (Arabic: المتلمس), real name Jarīr ibn ʻAbd al-Masīḥ, was a 6th-century Arab Christian poet. He was the maternal uncle of fellow poet Tarafa. Al-Mutalammis was from the Banu Bakr tribe.
== Biography == His real name was Jarir ibn 'Abd al-Masih and he was from the tribe of Banu Bakr. His patronymic Ibn 'Abd al-Masih implies that he was an Arab Christian and not a follower of pre-Islamic polytheism. His nephew was the poet Tarafa.
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