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Muhammad Sa'id Al-Habboubi () (1849- 1915) was an Iraqi

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, and a

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, born in

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to a wealthy family.

Life and career

He studied Faqih and Arabic language in

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of the

. Later, he worked in trade, due to his business he had to move often between

and

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. He described his travels and expatriation in his poems. Habboubi quit poetry when he reached forty, and spent rest of his life teaching

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of the

. At breakout of the

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, Al-Habboubi led volunteer groups in the

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against British invading forces, but he died suddenly during the

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in 1915. He was buried in

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in Najaf city. A sculpture was erected to Habboubi in the central square of

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city.

Books

*collection of poems (4 editions).

References

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Life and career

Books

See also

References