An Arabic manuscript with the Diwan of Mutanabbi Sharh Diwan Al-Mutanabbi , by the scribal scholar Abu-I-Tayyib Ahmad Ibn al-Hussain, c | Ibn Rachik reported that when al-Mutanabbi had the chance to flee, the attackers recited some of the bold verses he wrote relating to courage, and he was forced to live up to them; he fought, and died along with his companions in 965 |
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This can be seen in his poetry, which is often conceited:• Al-Mutanabbi joined the court of in 948 | The steed, the night and the desert all know me As do the sword, the spear, the scripture and the pen |
was greatly concerned with fighting the in where Al-Mutanabbi fought alongside him.
Chief among those states was the of | |
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Among the topics he discussed were courage, the philosophy of life, and the description of battles | After he left, he heavily criticized Abu al-Misk Kafur with satirical odes |
Al-Mutanabbi realized that his hopes of becoming a were not going to be materialized and he left in c.
27In 948 he attached himself to , the Hamdanid poet-prince of northern Syria | As one of the greatest, most prominent and influential poets in the , much of his work has been translated into over 20 languages worldwide |
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Political ambition to be a led al-Mutanabbi to the courts of and but in this ambition he failed | I am the one whose literature can be seen even by the blind And whose words are heard even by the deaf |