biography
| name: |
Abu Tammam, Habib ibn Aus
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pronunciation:
[aboo tamam]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (807–c.850)
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| biography:
| Poet, born near Damascus, Syria. He travelled extensively, and on one of his journeys discovered a private library of desert poetry at Hamadhan. From this he compiled a celebrated anthology of early Arab poetry, the Hamasu. |
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