Information AboutAbu-l-'atahiya |
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The latter part of his life was more ascetic. He died in 828 in the reign of Caliph Al-Ma'mūn . The poetry of Abū l-ˤAtāhiyya is notable for its avoidance of the artificiality almost universal in his days. The older poetry of the desert had been constantly imitated up to this time, although it was not natural to town life. Abū l-ˤAtāhiyya was one of the first to drop the old '' Qasīda '' ( Elegy ) form. He was very fluent and used many Metres . He is also regarded as one of the earliest philosophical poets of the Arabs. Much of his poetry is concerned with the observation of common life and morality, and at times is pessimistic. Naturally, in the circumstances, he was strongly suspected of Heresy . BIBLIOGRAPHY Primary
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