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Abu al-Anbas al-Saymari was the court jester of the caliph al-Mutawakkil. Al-Mas'udi relates that he answered a poem of al-Buhturi with a satirical poem of mockery, and al-Mutawakkil laughed greatly and gave each of them, and Abu al-Abbas al-Mubarrad, ten thousand dirhams. He also related the story of his donkey, which died, and al-Mutawakkil ordered the singers to sing that day with verses about the donkey. 2
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- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p. 478-480
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p.478-480
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