Abū Nuwās al-Salamī (أبو نواس السلمي)[1] or just Abū Nuwās (أبو نواس, Abū Nuwās); was a classical Arabic poet, and the foremost representative of the modern (muhdath) poetry that developed during the first years of Abbasid Caliphate. He also entered the folkloric tradition, appearing several times in One Thousand and One Nights.