al-Salami, Muhammad ibn Abdallah

Abu'l-Hasan Muhammad b. 'Abdallah b. al-Harith b. 'Abdallah b. al-Walid b. al-Walid b. al-Mughira al-Makhzumi al-Salami — of Dar al-Salam, Baghdad — the famous poet, of the house of al-Walid b. al-Mughira brother of Khalid b. al-Walid; al-Tha'alibi says of him: among the most poetic of Iraq's people absolutely. ¹

He made verse at ten, was raised at Baghdad, went out to Mosul a boy and met the elder poets — Abu 'Affan al-Khalidi, Abu'l-Faraj al-Sagha', Abu'l-Hasan al-Tal'afari; he sought al-Sahib Ibn 'Abbad's presence at Isfahan and praised 'Adud al-Dawla — when he died his nature slackened and his state softened until he died. ¹