Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Physician · Poet
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- al-Andalus & Europe
- Review
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Life in time
Overview
Abu'l-'Ala' Zuhr b. 'Abd al-Malik al-Iyadi of Seville, physician of al-Andalus and author of works; he took from his father, transmitted from Abu 'Ali al-Ghassani and a company, gained a wide world and great headship — with lovely verse — and was stricken late by the state. 1
His standing
Ibn al-Abbar said: lovely poetry, great headship, great wealth; one of the shaykhs of Abu'l-Khattab Ibn Dihya; he memorised the verse of Dhu'l-Rumma — a third of the language — alongside perfect knowledge of medicine, and the people of his house were all scholar-viziers. He died in 525. 1
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 554-555
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