Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf

{{Short description|Arab Abbasid poet (750–809)}}

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| name = Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf

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| birth_date = 750

| birth_place = Basra, Abbasid Caliphate

| death_date = 809

| death_place = Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate

| occupation = Poet

| language = Arabic

| nationality = Abbasid Arab

| notableworks = Love poems (ghazal)

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| influences = Harun al-Rashid

| influenced = Abdullah ibn al-Mu'tazz, Abu al-Atahiya

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Abu al-Fadl Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf ({{Langx|ar|عباس بن الأحنف}}) (750 in Basra-809), was an Arab Abbasid poet from the tribe of Banu Hanifa. His work consists solely of love poems (ghazal). It is "primarily concerned with the hopelessness of love, and the personae in his compositions seems resigned to a relationship of deprivation".Roger Allen. (2000). An Introduction to Arabic Literature. p. 106. The vocabulary he chose was simple and his style is fluent and easy.

He grew up in Baghdad, where he became a friend of the Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid.R. Jacobi. (1998) al-'Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf. In Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature (Vol. 1, pp. 2-3). Taylor & Francis. who employed him for the purpose of amusing him in time of leisure. His work was an acknowledged influence on Abdullah ibn al-Mu'tazz and Abu al-Atahiya.Bird Through A Ceiling of Alabaster; Three Abbasid Poets, translated by Abdullah Al-Udhari and George Wightman (Penguin, 1975) {{ISBN|0-14-044305-3}}