Abu Dhabi (Al Ittihad)
The series “Ashfan Al-Qattu” constituted a milestone in the history of the Emirati actor, poet and writer Sultan bin Suleiman Al Shamsi, known as “Sultan the Poet”. Of spontaneous comedy, making joy for many years, through this work whose name was associated with the beginnings of local drama.
chronic stinginess
The series was produced in 1978, shown on Abu Dhabi TV, directed by Ahmed Manqoush, and achieved great success. Muhammad Al Janahi, Muhammad Yassin and Maryam Al Qubaisi co-starred. In it, the poet reviewed the details of Ashfan’s life, which is characterized by extreme miserliness, and its reflections on his diaries and his relationship with those around him, such as his wife, Umm Hareb, his niece, Shamma bint Musabah, and his friend, the merchant Butbar, as well as the tricks he is exposed to. And machinations are woven by his two arch friends, “McDit” and “Al-Karani”, in a desperate attempt to make him stop his chronic stinginess.
Outstanding drama
The poet is considered one of the founders of the Emirati television drama in the late sixties, and his name was associated with local art in many television works, especially during the period of the establishment of the Emirates Federation. : “The Two Brothers, Shaaban and Ramadan,” “The Way of Regret,” “The Mind is Zen,” “Popular Proverbs,” “Juha,” “Quum Antar,” and “Diving.”
Diwan
“The Poet” was the title of Lazim Sultan throughout his life, and it is not his family name as some believe, but rather because he was a poet, as a collection of poetry was published for him in the seventies, “The Pocket and the Camel,” and his second collection was published in the nineties, “The Collection of Religious Poems.” Then he suffered a general traffic accident. 1980 led to the loss of his sight, following which he stopped acting.
