al-Nami

Abu'l-'Abbas Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Darimi of Mopsuestia, known as al-Nami, the famous poet; among the brilliant poets and champions of his age, of the inner circle of Sayf al-Dawla b. Hamdan's panegyrists — at his court ranking next after Abu'l-Tayyib al-Mutanabbi in place and station; excellent, an adib versed in lugha and adab, with amali he dictated at Aleppo transmitting from al-Akhfash, Ibn Durustawayh, al-Kirmani and al-Suli. ¹