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Al-Farazdaq - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | He was a member of the Darim, one of the most respected divisions of the Bani Tamim, and his mother was of the tribe of Dabba. |
 | | At the age of 15, Farazdaq was known as a poet, and though checked for a short time by the advice of the caliph Ali to devote his attention to the study of the Qur'an, he soon returned to making verse. |
 | | When Ziyad, a member of the latter tribe, became governor of Basra in 669, the poet was compelled to flee, first to Kufa, and then, as he was still too near Ziyad, to Madinah, where he was well received by the city's emir, Said ibn al-As. |
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