Abu Nuwas was a classical Arabic poet, and the foremost representative of the modern (muhdath) poetry that developed during the first years of the Abbasid Caliphate. He also entered the folkloric tradition, appearing several times in One Thousand and One Nights. 756 – 814; died at about 58. Alive at the same time as Charlemagne, Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, Ādi Shankara, Abū Ḥanīfa, and Du Fu. Wiki link