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| Born | Kuthayyir ibn 'Abd al-Rahman c. 660 |
| Died | c. 723 |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Language | Arabic |
| Nationality | Arab |
| Period | Umayyad period |
| Genre | Love poetry, Panegyric |
Kuthayyir ibn ‘Abd al-Raḥman (Arabic:كثير بن عبد الرحمن) (c. 660 – c. 723), commonly known asKuthayyir ‘Azzah (Arabic:كثيّر عزّة) was anArab'Udhri poet of theUmayyad period from the tribe ofAzd.[1] He was born inMedina and resided inHijaz andEgypt. In his poems he was occupied with his unfulfilled love to a married woman named 'Azza. Favorite topics in his poetry are love and panegyrics. He made acquaintance of the governorAbd al-Aziz ibn Marwan and the caliphsAbd al-Malik ibn Marwan,Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz andYazid II.[2] He is mentioned as one of the followers of the now-extinctKaysaniyya sect ofShi'ism, which held thatAli's third sonMuhammad ibn Al-Hanafiyya would return as theMahdi.[3]
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