Antarah ibn Shaddad
Poet
Antarah ibn Shaddad al-Absi, ʿAntarah ibn Shaddād al-ʿAbsī; AD 525–608, also known as ʿAntar, was a pre-Islamic African-Arab knight and poet, famous for both his poetry and his adventurous life. Wikipedia
Born: 525 AD, Najd, Saudi Arabia
Died: 608 AD (age 83 years), Hail, Saudi Arabia
Era: Pre-Islamic Arabia
Main interests: Arabic poetry