Note 88 — THE CALIPH OMAR BIN ABD AL-AZIZ AND THE POETS.[85]
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
Jarír al-Khatafah, one of the most famous of the “Islámí” poets, i.e., those who wrote in the first century (A.H.) before the corruption of language began. (See Terminal Essay, p. 267.) Ibn Khallikan notices him at full length i. 294.