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Line 2: ==Life== Born in [[Samarra]] as a prince of the imperial house and the great-great-grandson of [[Harun al-Rashid]], Ibn al-Mu'tazz had a tragic childhood in the ~~Byzantine~~byzantine intrigues of the Abbasid caliphate. His grandfather, the caliph [[al-Mutawakkil]], was assassinated when Ibn al-Mu'tazz was only six weeks old. These events ushered in the nine-year [[Anarchy at Samarra]]. Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz's father, al-Mu'tazz 14th Caliph of the [[Abbasid Caliphate]], came to power in 866, but in 869 was also murdered. The boy was spared the purge of the palace by fleeing to [[Mecca]] with his grandmother. Upon returning to Baghdad soon after, he distanced himself from politics and lived the hedonistic life of a young prince. It was during this time that he wrote his poetry, devoted to the pleasures with which he was so familiar.

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