[7][8] He studied Arabic and Sharia sciences at the hands of highly respected sheikhs, including his uncle, Poet, Linguist and Judge Mohammed bin Mohammad Bakathir.

[7] Growing up, Bakathir acquired many talents, at 13 years old, he had started composing poetry, and under the age of 20, he had become a teacher and an administrator at Al-Nahda Scientific School.

[7] Bakathir married early in 1927, but he was heartbroken by the death of his wife, who was very young, so he left Hadramaut around 1931 and went to Aden then Somalia and Ethiopia and finally settled in Hejaz for some time.

[3] Two years later he composed his play, Akhnaton and Nefertiti in free verse poetry and became the pioneer of this poetic style in Arabic literature.

[3] He had a close connection with intellectuals and writers such as, al-Aqqad, Tawfiq al-Hakim, al-Mazini, Muhibb-ud-Deen Al-Khatib, Naguib Mahfouz and others.

[8] Bakathir was granted a two-year sabbatical[3] (1961-1963), in which he completed the Islamic epic of caliph Omar ibn Al-Khattab, which consisted of 19 parts.

[9] In 1987, Professor Muhammed Abu Bakr Hamid issued Bakathir's first collection of poetry, which includes the poems he wrote in Hadramaut.

[25] Bakathir died of a severe heart attack in Egypt in Ramadan of November 1969 and was buried in the burial chamber of his Egyptian wife's family.

[1] He participated in many literary and cultural conferences and was selected as a member of the poetry and story committee of The Supreme Council for Arts and Literature.

[3] He left behind a legacy that consists of a variety of literary works, as he wrote over sixty stories and novels, as well as prose and verse dramas that dealt with comedy and tragedy.

[3] Theatre season in Egypt used to open annually with his play, Juha's Nail (original: Mismār Juḥā), the one where he predicted the occupation of Palestine.