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al-Sharif al-Radi
Al-Sharif al-Radi was a poet and scholar of Baghdad, a descendant of the Prophet and brother of al-Sharif al-Murtada. He headed the Talibid descendants of Ali under the Buyids and was among the leading Arabic poets of his time. He is best known for compiling the Nahj al-Balagha, a collection of sermons, letters and sayings attributed to Ali ibn Abi Talib, completed around 1009.
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