Griffithes Wheeler Thatcher, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 15… (1911)
“ JARĪR IBN ʽATĪYYA UL-KHATFĪ (d. 728) , Arabian poet, was born in the reign of the caliph ʽAli, was a member of the tribe Kulaib, a part of the Tamīm, and lived in Irak. Of his early life little is known, but he succeeded in winning the favour of Hajjāj, the governor of Irak (see Caliphate) . Already famous for his verse, he became more widely known by his feud with Farazdaq and Akhtal. ”
