Abu al-Atahiya
Abū Isḥāq Ismā’īl ibn al-Qāsim Abū al-‘Atāhiyya | |
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| Born | c. 748 |
| Died | c. 828 |
| Other names | Abū Isḥāq Ismā’īl b. al-Qāsim b. Suwaid b. Kaisān al-Aini |
| Academic work | |
| Era | Abbāsid period (al-Mahdī era) and (Hārūn al-Rashīd era) |
| Main interests | poetry |
| Notable works | Diwan |
Abū al-ʻAtāhiyya (Arabic: أبو العتاهية; 748–828), full name Abu Ishaq Isma'il ibn al-Qasim ibn Suwayd Al-Anzi (أبو إسحاق إسماعيل بن القاسم بن سويد العنزي), was one of the principal Arab poets of the early Islamic era, a prolific muwallad poet of ascetics who ranked with Bashshār and Abū Nuwās, both of whom he met. He renounced poetry for a time on religious grounds.