Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf

Comprehensive information about Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf including biographical information, facts, literary works, and more. Abu al-Fadl Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf, (750 in Basra -809), Arabic, , was an Arab Abbasid poet from the clan of Hanifa. His work consists solely of love poems (ghazal ). It is "primarily concerned with the hopelessness of love, and the perosna in his compositions seems resigned to a relationship of deprivation". The vocabulary he chose was simple and his style is fluent and easy. This educational Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf resource has information about the author's life, works, quotations, articles and essays, and more.