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Tarafa

Bahraini poet (0543-0569)

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Born: 543
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1.Stated in BnF authorities
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Died: 569
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1.Stated in BnF authorities
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Birthplace: Bahrain
Citizenship: Bahrain
Occupation: poet
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1.Stated in PoetsGateRetrieved 2022-04-05
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Languages spoken, written or signed: Arabic
Notable work: Mu'allaqat

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Ṭarafah ibn al-ʿAbd ibn Sufyān, commonly known as Tarafa, was a 6th-century pre-Islamic Arabian poet of the tribe of Bakr ibn Wa'il. He is celebrated as one of the seven poets of the Mu'allaqat, the renowned corpus of pre-Islamic odes.

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MMuʻallaqah of Tarafapoem written by Tarafa

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Sex or gender: male
Different from: Q24019042
Religion or worldview: Nestorianism
Copyright status as a creator: copyrights on works have expired applies to jurisdiction: worldwide
Given name: Tarafa
Writing language: Arabic
Sibling: Al-Khirniq bint Badr
Name in native language: طرفة بن العبد بن سفيان بن سعد
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1.Stated in al-Aʻlām (Dār al-ʻIlm, 2002)
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