Quote of the day
I wish my deadly foe, no worse
Than want of friends, and empty purse.
Al-Hariri of Basra

Born: 1054
Died: 1122 (aged 68)
Bio: Abū Muhammad al-Qāsim ibn Alī ibn Muhammad ibn Uthmān al-Harīrī, popularly known as al-Hariri of Basra was an Arab poet, scholar of the Arabic language and a high government official of the Seljuk Empire.