Al-Walëd ibn Ubaidillah Al-Buḥturë () (821âÂÂ97 AD; 206âÂÂ84 AH) was an Arab poet born at Manbij in Islamic Syria, between Aleppo and the Euphrates. Like Abà « TammÃÂm (), he was of the tribe of Tayy, from the Buhturids.
While still young, al-Buḥturë visited Abà « TammÃÂm at Homs, on whose recommendation the authorities at Ma'arrat an-Nu'man awarded al-Buḥturë an annual pension of 4000 dirhams. Later he went to BaghdÃÂd, where he wrote verses in praise of the caliph al-Mutawakkil and of the members of his court. Although long resident in BaghdÃÂd, he devoted much of his poetry to the praise of Aleppo, and his love-poetry dedicated to a girl, Aiwa, of that city. He died at Manbij in 897.
He was often compared with the famous poet Abu Tammâm, who was his contemporary and mentor. The poems of al-Buhturî are examples of the classical style in Arabic poetry. He worked as a panegyrist to make a living and gained fame with his panegyrics.
His dëwan (collected poetry) was edited and published twice in the 10th century. First by Abà « Bakr al-á¹¢à «lë, in the section of whose book KitÃÂb Al-AwrÃÂq (ÃÂêçè çÃÂçÃÂñçÃÂ) on Muḥadathà «n (modern poets), al-Buḥturë is included among a group of fourteen poets whose dëwans al-á¹¢à «lë edited and arranged alphabetically according to the final consonant in each line. The second editor arranged his dëwan according to subject (1883, Istanbul). Like Abu Tammam, he made a collection of early poems also known as the Hamasah. These collections of poems are also known as Diwans.