1. Al-Mutanabbi started writing poetry when he was nine years old.
11 Facts About Al-Mutanabbi
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Al-Mutanabbi is well known for his sharp intelligence and wittiness.
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Al-Mutanabbi was born in the city of Kufa in 915.
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Al-Mutanabbi's father claimed descent from the South Arabian tribe of Banu Ju'fa.
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Al-Mutanabbi lived at the time when the Abbasid Caliphate started coming apart and many of the states in the Islamic world became politically and militarily independent.
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Al-Mutanabbi began to write panegyrics in the tradition established by the poets Abu Tammam and al-Buhturi.
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Sayf al-Dawla was greatly concerned with fighting the Byzantine Empire in Asia minor, where Al-Mutanabbi fought alongside him.
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Al-Mutanabbi joined the court of Abu al-Misk Kafur after parting ways with Sayf al-Dawla.
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Kafur mistrusted Al-Mutanabbi's intentions, claiming them to be a threat to his position.
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Al-Mutanabbi realized that his hopes of becoming a statesman were not going to bear fruit and he left Egypt in c 960.
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Al-Mutanabbi traveled to Baghdad but was killed resisting thieves before reaching the city.