Please answer the following question: What key details about suraqah al-bariqi  can be extracted from the following bio?  Bio: suraqah al-bariqi -lrb- ; died 698 -rrb- was a companion of muhammad and was a member of the tribe bariq . he was an arab from bareq in arabian peninsula , which was then part of the umayyad caliphate . he is considered as one of the greatest poets . much of his poetry revolves around the philosophy of life . some consider his poems to be a great representation of his life story . he started writing poetry when he was young . he is well known for his sharp intelligence and wittiness . among the topics he discussed were courage , the philosophy of life , and the description of battles . his great talent brought him very close to many leaders of his time . he praised those leaders and kings . his powerful and honest poetic style earned great popularity in his time . he was a contemporary of the great trio , akhtal , farazdaq , and jarir , whose names stand out so pre-eminently in the list of the umayyad bards that all contemporary poets are thrown into the shade . thus there is no article on our poet in the kitab al-aghani , and he would have passed quite unnoticed but for his taking part in the literary duel between farazdaq and jarir . he , too , joined in the fray with his sympathies for farazdaq . the anecdotes relating to the flyting which he and jarir composed against each other , as narrated on the authority of al-hajjaj ibn yusuf , will be found interesting .
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- death place is kufa- death date is 698- birth date is 621- name is suraqah al-bariqi- image is islam symbol plane.svg- birth place is bareq , arabia- occupation is poet