Selections from the Diwan of Abu Nuwas ibn Hani al-Hakami

by Abū Nuwās

6 pages, Hardcover

First published December 31, 1998

About the author

Abū Nuwās al-Ḥasan ibn Hānī al-Ḥakamī – variant: Al-Ḥasan ibn Hānī 'Abd al-Awal al-Ṣabāḥ, Abū 'Alī (الحسن بن هانئ بن عبد الأول بن الصباح ،ِابو علي), known as Abū Nuwās al-Salamī or just Abū Nuwās (أبو نواس Abū Novās) – (c. 756 – c. 814), was a classical Arabic poet.

Born in the city of Ahvaz in modern-day Iran to an Arab father and a Persian mother, he became a master of all the contemporary genres of Arabic poetry. He also entered the folkloric tradition, appearing several times in One Thousand and One Nights.

He died during the civil war before al-Ma’mūn advanced from Khurāsān either in 199 or 200 AH (814-816 AD)