Abu Firas al-Hamdani, Arab prince and poet (born 932)

Abu Firas al-Hamdani

Hamdanid dynasty prince and poet (932–968)

Al-Harith ibn Abi’l-ʿAlaʾ Saʿid ibn Hamdan al-Taghlibi (932–968), better known by his pen name Abu Firas al-Hamdani, was an Arab prince and poet. He was a cousin of Sayf al-Dawla and a member of the Hamdanid dynasty, who were rulers in northern Syria and Upper Mesopotamia during…