Aban b. 'Abd al-Hamid al-Lahiqi (al-Raqashi) (Persian: ابان لاحقی) of Basra (c. 750–815 or 816) was a Persian[1] court poet of the Barmakids in Baghdad. He set into Arabic verse popular stories of Indian and Persian origin.[2][3][4][5] He was suspected of Manichaeism.[6][7]