Abu Nuwas

Abu Nuwas

Abu-Nuwas al-Hasan ben Hani al-Hakami (756–814),a known as Abū-Nuwās (Arabic: ابونواس‎; Persian: ابونواس‎, Abu Novas), was one of the greatest of classical Arabic poets, who also composed in Persian on occasion. Born in the city of Ahvaz in Persia, of an Arab father and a Persian mother, he became a master of all the contemporary genres of Arabic poetry. Abu Nuwas has entered the folkloric tradition, and he appears several times in The Book of One Thousand and One Nights.