Umar Ibn Abi Rabi'ah

'Umar ibn Abi Rabi'ah al-Makhzumi (November 644, Mecca – 712/719, Mecca) was an Arabic poet who lived in Arabia. He was born into a wealthy family of the Quraish tribe of Mecca.

He is known for his love poetry and for being one of the originators of the literary form ghazel in Islamic literature.^[1] He was "impassioned by everything beautiful that he saw in the street or during pilgrimage.".^[2]

References

1. Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature. Merriam-Webster, 1995. ISBN 978-0-87779-042-6; p. 459
2. Bergé, Marc, Les arabes: histoire et civilisation des Arabes et du monde musulman des origines à la chute du royaume de Grenade racontée par les témoins (IXe siècle av. J.-C.-XVe siècle) (The Arabs, history and civilization of the Arabs and of the Muslim world from the beginning to the fall of the Kingdom of Granada, 9th to 15th centuries, as told by witnesses), 1978, p.219