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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 276 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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IBN 'ATTYYA UL-KHATFI (d. 728), Arabian poet, was See also:born in the reign of the See also:caliph `See also:Ali, was a member of the tribe Kulaib, a See also:part of the Tamim, and lived in See also:Irak. Of his See also:early See also:life little is known, but he succeeded in winning the favour of Hajjaj, the See also:governor of Irak (see See also:CALIPHATE). Already famous for his See also:verse, he became more widely known by his See also:feud with See also:Farazdaq and See also:Akhtal. Later he went to See also:Damascus and visited the See also:court of Abdalmalik ('Abd ul-Malik) and that of his successor, Walid. From neither of these did he receive a warm welcome. He was, however, more successful with See also:Omar II., and was the only poet received by the pious caliph. His verse, which, like that of his contemporaries, is largely See also:satire and eulogy, was published in 2 vols. (See also:Cairo, 1896). (G. W.

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