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Al-Mutanabbi
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Arab poet (c. 915 – 965)

Also known as: Аль-Мутанабби, أبو الطيب المتنبي, ムタナッビー, 穆太奈比, Абу-т Тайиб аль-Мутанабби, Абу-т-Тайиб Ахмад ибн аль-Хусейн аль-Мутанабби

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Known works

  • Carmina cum commentario Wâhidii (1861)
  • Dīwan (1964)
  • Carmen Abu 'Ltajjib Ahmed ben Alhosain Almotenabbii, quo laudat Alhosainum Ben-Ishak Altanuchitam
  • Dīwān Abī al-Ṭayyib al-Mutanabbī
  • Dīwān al-Mutanabbī