Umar Ibn Abi Rabi'ah
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'Umar ibn Abi Rabi'ah al-Makhzumi (November 644, Mecca
– 712/719, Mecca) was an Arabic
poet from the modern-day country of Saudi Arabia
. He was born into a wealthy family of the Quraish tribe of Mecca.
He is known for his love poetry and for being one of the originators of the literary form ghazel in Islamic literature. He devoted his life to Thurayya, a young woman from the Hejazi
aristocracy. He was "impassioned by everything beautiful that he saw in the street or during pilgrimage.".
Mecca
Mecca is a city in the Hijaz and the capital of Makkah province in Saudi Arabia. The city is located inland from Jeddah in a narrow valley at a height of above sea level...
– 712/719, Mecca) was an Arabic
Arabic language
Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...
poet from the modern-day country of Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
. He was born into a wealthy family of the Quraish tribe of Mecca.
He is known for his love poetry and for being one of the originators of the literary form ghazel in Islamic literature. He devoted his life to Thurayya, a young woman from the Hejazi
Hejaz
al-Hejaz, also Hijaz is a region in the west of present-day Saudi Arabia. Defined primarily by its western border on the Red Sea, it extends from Haql on the Gulf of Aqaba to Jizan. Its main city is Jeddah, but it is probably better known for the Islamic holy cities of Mecca and Medina...
aristocracy. He was "impassioned by everything beautiful that he saw in the street or during pilgrimage.".