طرفة بن عبد
Sign in to saveTarafa ( / ALA-LC: Ṭarafah ibn al-‘Abd ibn Sufyān ibn Sa‘d Abū ‘Amr al-Bakrī al-Wā’ilī; 543–569), was an Arabian poet of the tribe of the Bakr. He is one of the seven poets of the most celebrated anthology of ancient Arabic poetry, known as the Muʿallaqāt, however just one of his poems is included. His fellow poets preserved in this work are Al-Nabigha, Antarah ibn Shaddad, Zuhayr bin Abi Sulma, 'Alqama ibn 'Abada and Imru' al-Qais.
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Tarafa was a male poet from Bahrain who lived from 0543 to 0569. He wrote in Arabic and practiced Nestorianism. His notable work is the Mu'allaqat. He had a sibling named Al-Khirniq bint Badr.
A separate author named Maxen Tarafa has four works in the Open Library. These include Chess Openings : Conquer Your Friends with 4 Daredevil Openings, Chess : Conquer your Friends with 4 Daredevil Openings, Ajedrez : Cómo Jugar Al Ajedrez para Principiantes, and Chess.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Chess Openings : Conquer Your Friends with 4 Daredevil Openings
- Chess : Conquer your Friends with 4 Daredevil Openings
- Ajedrez : Cómo Jugar Al Ajedrez para Principiantes
- Chess
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Key facts
- Poet.name
- Tarafa
- Poet.birth_name
- Tarafa ibn al-‘Abd ibn Sufyān ibn Sa‘d Abū ‘Amr al-Bakrī al-Wā’ilī
- Poet.birth_date
- c. 543
- Poet.birth_place
- Bahrain, Arabia
- Poet.death_date
- c. 569
- Poet.death_place
- Bahrain, Arabia
- Poet.occupation
- Poet
- Poet.language
- Arabic
- Poet.nationality
- Arabian
- Poet.period
- Pre-Islamic
- Poet.genre
- Panegyrics, Satire
- Poet.notableworks
- ''Mu'allaqat''
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Bahrain
- Place of birth
- Bahrain
- Sibling
- Al-Khirniq bint Badr
- Occupation
- poet
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Religion
- Nestorianism
- Notable work
- Mu'allaqat
- Image
- Tarafa, sketch, 1967.jpg
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- date of birth
- 0543-01-01
- date of death
- 0569-01-01
- Commons category
- Tarafa
- writing language
- Arabic
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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