Abu Tammam
Ḥabīb ibn Aws al-Ṭā’ī | |
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| Native name | حبيب بن أوس الطائي |
| Born | ca. 796/807 AD Jasim |
| Died | 845 AD Mosul |
| Pen name | Abū Tammām |
| Language | Arabic |
| Period | Islamic Golden Age (Abbasid era) |
Ḥabīb ibn Aws al-Ṭā’ī (حبيب بن أوس الطائي; ca. 796/807 - 845), better known by his sobriquet Abū Tammām (أبو تمام), was an Arab Muslim poet. He is well known for compiling the Hamasah, which is considered to be one of the greatest anthologies of Arabic literature ever assembled. The Hamasah contained 10 books of poems, with 884 poems in total.