Antar

Arab poet and warrior, born of a Bedouin chieftain and a black slave near Medina, W Saudi Arabia. The author of one of the seven Golden Odes of Arabic literature, and the subject of the 10th-c Romance of Antar, he is regarded as the model of Bedouin heroism and chivalry.

The term Antar can refer to several articles:

Antar, a 6th century pre-Islamic Arab warrior of half African descent, was a subject of romance and distinguished as a great poet. Antares, the star that marks the heart of the Scorpio constellation and which Arab culture associates with Antar, the warrior-poet. Eddie Antar, owner of the Crazy Eddie chain of electronics stores. Antar, the French petroleum company also known originally as Antar Pétroles de l'Atlantique and later as Antar-Pètroles de l'Aquitaine; ANTaR is the acronym for Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation; see homepage The Thornycroft "Mighty Antar" was a British prime mover used by the military and in oilfields, developed in the late 1940's.