Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz was the son of the caliph al-Mu'tazz and a political figure, but is better known as a leading Arabic poet and the author of the Kitab al-Badi, an early study of Arabic forms of poetry. This work is considered one of the earliest works in Arabic literary theory and literary criticism.
- Occupation
- poet, writer, caliph, scholar
- Position held
- Abbasid caliph
- Born
- 861, November 1, 861
- Died
- 908
