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Ibn al-Rumi

Author 0836–0896

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The person

About Ibn al-Rumi

Arabic poet of Abbasid era (836–896)

Ideas represented

Adversity Art Dignity Family Identity Knowledge Nationalism Psychology

In their words

“عابوا قريضي وما عابوا بمعرفةِ ولن ترى الشمسَ أبصارَ الخفافيشِ”

“How can I submit tamely to disgrace seeing that the Persians are my maternal uncles and the Rum my parental uncles?”