Ziyād al-Aʿd̲j̲am was an Arabic poet of the Umayyad period. Of Persian[1] origin, he was a mawla of the Amir b. al-Harith, a branch of the Abd al-Kays. Ziyād owed his nickname, "al-Aʿd̲j̲am," to his strong Persian accent. According to anecdotes told in the Aghani, his grammar and pronunciation of spoken Arabic was not ideal.[1]

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  1. 1 2 Pellat, prepared by a number of leading orientalists ; edited by ... H.A.R. Gibb, J.H. Kramers, E. Lévi-Provençal, J. Schacht, ... B. Lewis, Ch. (1960). The encyclopaedia of Islam (New ed.). Leiden: E.J. Brill. p. 522. ISBN 9004127569. Of Persian origin, he was a mawla of the Amir b. al-Harith, a branch of the Abd al-Kays {{cite book}}: |first1= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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