Isnad of poetry
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At some periods there have been unbroken chains of illustrious poets, each one training a rawi as a bard to promote his verse and then to take over from them and continue the poetic tradition.

Tufayl trained
'Awas ibn Hajar , 'Awas trained
Zuhayr ibn Abî Sûlmâ , Zuhayr trained
his son Ka'b bin Zuhayr , Ka'b trained
al-Hutay'ah , al-Hutay'ah trained
Jamil Buthaynah and Jamil trained
Kuthayyir 'Azzah .

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