Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Abbas ibn Jurayj (
Arabic: أبو الحسن علي بن العباس بن جريج ), also known as
Ibn al-Rumi (born
Baghdad in 836; died 896), was the son of a Persian mother. By the age of twenty he earned a living from his poetry, which would culminate in his masterpiece
Diwan. (Do NOT confuse with Rumi, 13C Persian poet)