<0xE1> <0xB8> <0x8C> abb ī ▁( ), ▁was ▁an ▁Arab ic ▁phil ologist ▁of ▁the ▁K uf an ▁school . ▁Al - M uf add al ▁was ▁a ▁contemporary ▁of ▁Hamm ad ▁Ar - Raw i ya ▁and ▁K hal af ▁al - Ah mar , ▁the ▁famous ▁collect ors ▁of ▁ancient ▁Arab ▁poetry ▁and ▁tradition , ▁and ▁was ▁somewhat ▁the ▁junior ▁of ▁Ab u ▁' Am r ▁ibn ▁al - ' A la ', ▁the ▁first ▁scholar ▁who ▁system atically ▁set ▁himself ▁to ▁preserve ▁the ▁po etic ▁literature ▁of ▁the ▁Arab s . ▁He ▁died ▁about ▁fifty ▁years ▁before ▁Ab u ▁ ʿ U ba id ah ▁and ▁al - As ma ' i , ▁to ▁whose ▁lab ours ▁poster ity ▁is ▁largely ▁inde bt ed ▁for ▁the ▁arrangement , ▁el uc id ation ▁and ▁criticism ▁of ▁ancient ▁Arab ian ▁verse ; ▁and ▁his ▁anth ology ▁was ▁put ▁together ▁between ▁fifty ▁and ▁si xty ▁years ▁before ▁the ▁compilation ▁by ▁Ab u ▁T amm am ▁of ▁the ▁Ham as ah . ▁ ▁Life ▁The ▁exact ▁year ▁of ▁Al - M uf add al ' s ▁birth ▁is ▁not ▁known , ▁though ▁his ▁father ▁was ▁an ▁authority ▁on ▁the ▁Muslim ▁con quest ▁of ▁Pers ia ▁and ▁it ▁is ▁thought ▁that ▁al - M uf add al ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁that ▁region . ▁ ▁Al - M uf add al ▁lived ▁for ▁many ▁years ▁under ▁the ▁cal i ph s ▁of ▁the ▁Um ay y ad ▁line ▁until ▁their ▁over throw ▁by ▁the ▁Abb as