Ḥammād al-Rāwiyah

Ḥammād al-Rāwiyah (born c. 694, Kūfah, Iraq—died c. 772, Kūfah) was an anthologist of Arab antiquities credited with collecting the seven early odes known as Al-Muʿallaqāt (The Seven Odes). Ḥammād’s father was not an Arab but was brought to Iraq from the Daylam region of Iran. Ḥammād, whose circle of friends in Kūfah enjoyed wine and poetry, became one of the most learned men of his time in Arabic poetry and was one of the...