Mutanabbi (English spelling) al-Mutanabbi

Japanese: ムタナッビー（英語表記）al-Mutanabbī

Born: 915. Kufa, Iraq
Died August 965. Arab poet from Dayr al-Aql. His real name was Abū al-Tayyib Aḥmad ibn Ḥusain. Mutanabī was a nickname meaning "the man who calls himself a prophet." Born the son of a water carrier, he joined the nomads of the Syrian Desert at a young age and learned Arabic from his native land. He had a rare talent for poetry, an extraordinary memory, and a strong sense of pride in the superiority of the Southern Arabs. He participated in radical political and religious movements, and called himself a prophet. He spent a turbulent time in exile and imprisonment, but he also wrote excellent poetry and traveled to the courts of Syria, Egypt, Iraq, and other places. He eventually became a great poet and was admired by many, but also criticized by many. In his later years, he was welcomed into the court of the Buyid dynasty king Adud-ud-Daula in Shiraz, but on his way to Baghdad he was attacked by bandits and killed along with his son. After his death, he was recognized as one of the greatest poets ever born in the Arab world. He wrote a collection of poems called "Diwan" (a personal collection of poems).

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Japanese:

[生]915. イラク，クーファ
[没]965.8. ダイル・アルアークル
アラブの詩人。本名 Abū al-Tayyib Aḥmad ibn Ḥusain。ムタナッビーは「預言者と称する男」という意味のあだ名。水運び人の子として生れ，若い頃シリア砂漠の遊牧民のなかに入り，生粋のアラビア語を学んだ。稀有の詩才と非凡な記憶力，および南アラブ族の優越性に対する強い誇りをもっていた。過激な政治，宗教運動に加わったり，みずから預言者と称したりし，投獄や流浪など波乱の多い歳月をおくったが，すぐれた詩をつくりつつ，シリア，エジプト，イラクなどの宮廷をめぐり歩いた。やがて大詩人として多くの賛美者を得たが，そしる者も多かった。晩年シーラーズにいたブワイフ朝の王アドゥド・ウッダウラの宮廷に迎えられ，そこからバグダードに向う途中，遊牧民の群盗に襲われ息子とともに殺された。死後，アラブ族の生んだ最も偉大な詩人の一人との評価が定まった。「ディーワーン」 (個人詩集) がある。

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