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Arab poet and scholar (1054–1122)
Also known as: Al-Hariri, Abū Muhammad al-Qāsim ibn Alī ibn Muhammad ibn Uthmān al-Harīrī, Abu Muhammad al-Qasim ibn Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Uthman ibn al-Hariri al-Basri, al-Hariri of Basra, Hariri, Ibn al-Hariri
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