Farazdaq, al-

Farazdaq, al-

▪ Islamic poet
byname of  Tammām ibn Ghālib Abū Firās 
born c. 641, Yamāmah region, Arabia
died c. 728 or 730

      Arab poet famous for his satires in a period when poetry was an important political instrument. With his rival Jarīr, he represents the transitional period between Bedouin traditional culture and the new Muslim society that was being forged.

      Living in Basra, al-Farazdaq (“The Lump of Dough”) composed satires on the Banū Nashal and Banū Fuqaim tribes, and when Ziyād ibn Abīhi, a member of the latter tribe, became governor of Iraq in 669, he was forced to flee to Medina, where he remained for several years. On the death of Ziyād, he returned to Basra and gained the support of Ziyād's son, ʿUbayd Allāh. When al-Ḥajjāj (Ḥajjāj, al-) became governor (694), al-Farazdaq was again out of favour, in spite of the laudatory poems he dedicated to al-Ḥajjāj and members of his family; this was probably a result of the enmity of Jarīr, who had the ear of the governor. Al-Farazdaq became official poet to the caliph al-Walīd (Walīd, al-) (reigned 705–715), to whom he dedicated a number of panegyrics. He also enjoyed the favour of the caliph Sulaymān (715–717) but was eclipsed when ʿUmar II became caliph in 717. He got a chance to recover patronage under Yazīd II (720–724), when an insurrection occurred and he wrote poems excoriating the rebel leader.

      Al-Farazdaq was an eccentric of the first order, and his exploits, as well as his verses and his feud with Jarīr, provided subjects for discussion to generations of cultivated persons.

      His Dīwān, the collection of his poetry, contains several thousand verses, including laudatory and satirical poems and laments. His poems are representative of the nomad poetry at its height. Most of them are characterized by a happy sincerity, but some of his satires are notably obscene.

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