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HASSAN IBN THABIT (died 674)

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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 51 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HASSAN
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IBN THABIT (died 674)  , Arabian poet, was
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born in Yathrib (
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Medina), a member of the tribe Khazraj . In his youth he travelled to
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Hira and
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Damascus, then settled in Medina, where, after the
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advent of
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Mahomet, he accepted
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Islam and wrote poems in
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defence of the
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prophet . His
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poetry is regarded as
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commonplace and lacking in distinction .

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