He was born into the tribe of 'Abs, in the region of Najd. His father, Shaddad, was a respected Arabic, while the mother, Zabayba, was a black slave of Ethiopia, captured from the Arabs after a war. Her skin was so dark and also his lower lip cleft won him the nickname "al-falḥa' ie" The Split ".
During adolescence and youth he practiced menial jobs because he was the son of a concubine. However he obtained the freedom during the war and Dāhis Ghabra, when his father ordered him to fight and he refused because he was a slave, and he knew only milk; in these words, Shaddad him freed. Later he made courageous gestures that helped the Banu 'Abs during the war and so was welcomed fully into the tribe. Here'Antara fell in love with his cousin,'Abla, who married before they free themselves completely.
He participated in the wars between the tribes and'Abs of Dubai and in what for him was fatal, against the
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