Abdul Alhazred is not fictional character created by American horror writer as what people say. he is a true characters came form Al-Yemen at the year of 700 H. P. Lovecraft. He is the so-called "Mad Arab" credited with authoring the fictional book Kitab al-Azif (the Necronomicon), and as such is an integral part of Cthulhu Mythos lore. read it from arab books you will see the true stody about him.