He died in 288 AH.

233 – al-Buhturī, Abū ʿUbādah al-Walīd ibn ʿUbayd*
The poet of his age and author of the celebrated Dīwān, he is Abū ʿUbādah al-Walīd ibn ʿUbayd ibn Yaḥyā ibn ʿUbayd al-Ṭāʾī, known as al-Buhturī al-Manbijī. He praised the caliphs, the viziers, and the ruler of Egypt Khumārawayh.

Those who recorded reports about him include al-Qāḍī al-Maḥāmilī, al-Ṣūlī, Abū al-Maymūn Rāshid, and ʿAbd Allāh ibn Jaʿfar ibn Durustawayh the grammarian. He lived a little over seventy years, and his poetry stands on the loftiest peak.

He met Abū Tammām al-Ṭāʾī, showed him his verses, and Abū Tammām, delighted, said, “You are the prince of poetry after me.” Al-Buhturī commented, “His words gladdened me.”

Al-Mubarrad said, “The poet of his era, unequalled in his craft—Abū ʿUbādah al-Buhturī—recited to us.”

It is said that in his youth he used to extol the sellers of onions and greens. (1) It is also reported that he once recited an ode to Abū Tammām, who replied, “You have just announced my own death to me.” (2)