Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Poet
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Review
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Life in time
Overview
Abu'l-Hasan 'Ali b. Jabala b. Muslim b. 'Abd al-Rahman, the famous poet known as al-'Ukuk; he was caught in al-Shamat, seized and carried hand-bound to al-Ma'mun — who, when he stood before him, said "Hand it over." That was in 213 at Baghdad 1.
Sources
- Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Ukuk”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-ukuk/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.