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ABU TAMMAM [Habib ibn Aus] (807846) , Arabian poet, was, like Buhturi , of the tribe of Tai (though some say he was the son of a Christian apothecary named Thaddeus, and that his genealogy was forged). He was born in Jasim (Josem), a place to the north-east
appearance as a poet was in Egypt
governor of Armenia, who awarded him richly. After 833 he lived mostly Bagdad, at the court
caliph
Buhturi . He died in Mosul. Abu Tammam is best known in literature as the compiler of the collection of early poems known as the Hamdsa (q.v.). Two other collections of a similar nature are ascribed to him. His own poems have been somewhat neglected owing to the success of his compilations, but they enjoyed great
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