5 moments

1. Birth in the Ahvaz area

   0756-01-01 · Ahvaz vicinity, Khuzestan, Iran

   

   Abu Nuwas was born in the Ahvaz area of Khuzestan, then within the Abbasid Caliphate. This is the opening geographic point of his documented life. The birth year is given as a 756–758 range; the date field records its first year. Wikipedia's prose says the birthplace may have been Ahvaz itself or an adjacent district, so coordinates represent Ahvaz.

2. Move to Baghdad

   0786-01-01 · Baghdad, Iraq

   

   Abu Nuwas moved to Baghdad in search of a career, beginning the principal urban phase of his poetic life and association with the Abbasid court.

3. Tax-inspector entourage in Egypt

   0805-01-01 · Fustat (present-day Cairo), Egypt

   

   After the fall of the Barmakids, Abu Nuwas worked in the entourage of the Inspector of Land Taxes and accompanied his employer to Egypt. The source uses the retrospective name Cairo; the Abbasid-era administrative center was Fustat in present-day Cairo. Coordinates represent Fustat.

4. Return journey to Egypt with tax-inspector entourage

   0807-01-01 · Fustat (present-day Cairo), Egypt

   

   The same account records a second documented Egyptian journey while Abu Nuwas was attached to the Inspector of Land Taxes' entourage. The source uses the retrospective name Cairo; the Abbasid-era administrative center was Fustat in present-day Cairo. Coordinates represent Fustat.

5. Death in Baghdad

   0814-01-01 · Baghdad, Iraq

   

   Abu Nuwas died in Baghdad amid the Great Abbasid Civil War. Accounts of his cause and exact year of death differ, but Baghdad is consistently given as the place of death. The date is approximate. The article's prose notes evidence for death before al-Ma'mun's advance in 814–816 and reports disputed accounts of the cause and immediate setting.