Buhturi

Buhturi

Al-Walīd ibn Ubaidillah Al-Buḥturī
أبو الوليد بن عبيدالله البحتري التنوخي
A 1967 sketch is poet Buhturi by unknown artist from the book "Min Oyun al-Shi'r"by Naji al-Qashtini
A 1967 sketch is poet Buhturi by unknown artist from the book "Min Oyun al-Shi'r"by Naji al-Qashtini
Born821
Manbij, Bilad al-Sham, Abbasid Caliphate (now Syria)
Died897 (aged 75-76)
Manbij, Abbasid Caliphate
Resting placeManbij
Pen nameAl-Buhturi
OccupationArabic Poet
LanguageArabic
NationalityCaliphate
PeriodIslamic Golden Age
(Abbasid era)

Al-Walīd ibn Ubaidillah Al-Buḥturī[1] (Arabic: أبو الوليد بن عبيدالله البحتري التنوخي, romanizedal-Walīd ibn `Ubayd Allāh al-Buhturī) (821–97 AD; 206–84 AH) was an Arab poet born at Manbij in Islamic Syria, between Aleppo and the Euphrates. Like Abū Tammām (ابو تمام), he was of the tribe of Tayy,[2] from the Buhturids.[3]

  1. ^ "The Diwan" (in Arabic).
  2. ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Buhturī". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 762. This references the Biography in McG. de Slane's translation of Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary (Paris and London, 1842), vol. iii. pp. 657 ff.; and in the Book of Songs of Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani, vol. xviii. pp. 167-175.
  3. ^ "Abu Tammam and Al-Buhturi: Revisiting Their Relationship and Role in Modern Arabic Poetry". GeorgeNicolasEl-Hage.com.

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