JARIR IBN 'ATiITYA UL-KHATFI (d. 728), Arabian poet, was a member of the tribe Kulaib, a part of the Tamim, and lived in Irak. He succeeded in winning the favour of Hajjaj, the governor of Irak. (See CALIPHATE.) He became widely known by his feud with Farazdaq and Akhtal, and later went to Damas cus. He was the only poet received by the pious Omar II.
His verse, which, like that of his contemporaries, is largely satire and eulogy, was published in 2 vols. (Cairo, 1896).