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Diwan Jareer by Muhammad ibn Jareer Al-Tabari ... This book combines within its pages the Diwan of the poet Jareer, and the book is prepared by (Dar Sadir). It begins with an introduction about the poet Jareer ibn Atiyah Al-Khatfi (33-114 AH). He grew up in Yamama, where he died and was buried. He was famous for poetry of insult filled with curses, but Jareer, as this book sees, "despite his vulgarity and insistence in his insults, was violent in his love poetry, modest in his life, he did not drink alcohol, nor did he attend the gatherings of singers... In his insults, he traces the faults of his opponent or what he considers to be deficiencies in him, and he mocks and insults her... Jareer mostly begins his praise and insult poems with traditional love poetry, and his most beautiful and tender love poetry, with the most sincere feelings, was what he said about his wife Khadida, with intense love... His poetry is not less rough and strange in most of his praise and insult, than the poetry of Al-Farazdaq, in meanings and elements of expression... However, his poetry is a historical document of the days when his people were victorious and their enemies betrayed them... Some of the poet's emotional love poetry, which forms the basis of the value of our poet's diwan and his emotional lament, and what is true... For him, the pure glimpses are what focus on the true value of our poet's diwan, and accordingly, Jareer's diwan is distributed over the meters of Arabic poetry, measured and rhymed, according to the alphabetical order. It begins with the letter Alif and ends with Ya), with explanations of words and meanings, and an introduction. Each poem clarifies the poet's purpose, whether in praise, insult, or love poetry. Dar Sadir