This can be seen in his poetry, which is often conceited:• His poetry largely revolves around praising the kings he visited during his lifetime | In a famous poem he speaks to the power of identity and the freedom that comes with knowing oneself |
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Ibn Rachik reported that when al-Mutanabbi had the chance to flee, the attackers recited some of the bold verses he wrote relating to courage, and he was forced to live up to them; he fought, and died along with his companions in 965 | He started writing poetry when he was nine years old |
When Shi'ite sacked Kufah in 924, he joined them and lived among the and other Bedouin tribes.
14In addition, Al-Mutanabbi lost Sayf al-Dawla's favor because of his political ambition to be | The Fihrist of al-Nadim; a tenth-century survey of Muslim culture |
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After its suppression and two years of imprisonment by the governor of , he recanted in 935 and became a wandering poet | , The Monument: Art, Vulgarity, and Responsibility in Iraq, University of California Press, 1991, p |
After he left, he heavily criticized Abu al-Misk Kafur with satirical odes.