"Nuwas" redirects here. For the 6th-century king, see Dhu Nuwas.
Abu Nuwas
Abu Nuwas drawn by Khalil Gibran in 1916
Born
Abū Nuwās al-Ḥasan ibn Hānī al-Ḥakamī c. 756 Ahvaz, Abbasid Caliphate
Died
c. 814 (aged 57–58) Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
Occupation
Poet
Language
Arabic
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Abū Nuwās al-Ḥasan ibn Hānī al-Ḥakamī (variant: Al-Ḥasan ibn Hānī 'Abd al-Awal al-Ṣabāḥ, Abū 'Alī (أَبُو عَلِي اَلْحَسَنْ بْنْ هَانِئْ بْنْ عَبْدِ اَلْأَوَّلْ بْنْ اَلصَّبَاحِ اَلْحُكْمِيِّ اَلْمِذْحَجِي), known as Abū Nuwās al-Salamī (أبو نواس السلمي)[1] or just Abū Nuwās[2] (أبو نواس, Abū Nuwās); c. 756 – c. 814) was a classical Arabic poet, and the foremost representative of the modern (muhdath) poetry that developed during the first years of Abbasid Caliphate. He also entered the folkloric tradition, appearing several times in One Thousand and One Nights.
اَلْحُكْمِيِّ اَلْمِذْحَجِي), known as AbūNuwās al-Salamī (أبو نواس السلمي) or just AbūNuwās (أبو نواس, AbūNuwās); c. 756 – c. 814) was a classical Arabic...
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describes the exploits of Yūsuf Dhū Nuwās. Ibn Hisham explains that Yūsuf was a convert Jew who grew out his sidelocks (nuwās) and became known as "he of sidelocks...
frequented by the celebrated poets and men of letters of the time, including AbūNuwās, Diʽbil al-Khuzāʽī, Marwān b. Abī Ḥafṣa, al-ʽAbbās b. al-Aḥnaf and al-Ma’mūn's...
produced by the Gomelez family, to protect themselves from the wildcode. AbuNuwas (namesake) is a wealthy gogol merchant on Sirr. The thought-form of the...
the end of the 8th century CE, particularly in Baghdad in the work of AbuNuwas (756–814), who became a master of all the contemporary genres of Arabic...
works on Zahirite law. He studied the school's precepts and methods under Abu al-Khiyar al-Dawudi al-Zahiri of Santarém Municipality and was eventually...
the fundamental teachings and practices of Islam. His novel AbuNuwas fi Amrika (AbuNuwas in America), written during Khulusi's sojourn in Chicago, has...
musician best known as the singer and primary songwriter of The Doors AbuNuwas al-Salami, a classical Arabic poet Marquis de Sade, French novelist, after...
often derived from classical Arabic poetry, such as by al-Mutanabbi and AbuNuwas. Some performers used traditional sources translated into the dialect...
The male–male erotic tradition contains poems by major poets such as AbuNuwas, Walt Whitman, Federico García Lorca, Paul Verlaine, W. H. Auden, Fernando...
aimed at religious experts." He deeply admired his "Eastern predecessor" AbuNuwas. He was born and died in Cordoba during the reign of the Almoravids, to...
Arabic name: أبو بكر محمد بن عبد الملك بن محمد بن طفيل القيسي الأندلسي ʾAbū Bakr Muḥammad bin ʿAbd al-Malik bin Muḥammad bin Ṭufayl al-Qaysiyy al-ʾAndalusiyy;...
that Dhu Nuwas was the son of Hassan Yuha'min and hence the grandson of Abu Karib. Other scholars like Ibn al-Athir held the view that Dhu Nuwas was the...
churches Al-Sa'doun Street – stretching from Liberation Square to Masbah AbuNuwas Street – runs along the Tigris from the Jumhouriya Bridge to 14 July Suspended...
Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyà ibn aṣ-Ṣā’igh at-Tūjībī ibn Bājja (Arabic: أبو بكر محمد بن يحيى بن الصائغ التجيبي بن باجة), best known by his Latinised name...