At a glance
- Roles
- Poet · adib
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Overview
Abu al-Mahasin Yusuf ibn Isma'il al-Shawwa, Shihab al-Din, a man of letters and a poet. The original entry says that he was of Kufan origin and of Aleppine upbringing and death, and Ibn Khallikan corrected it to say he was Aleppine. He was a master of prosody and rhyme, and his verse contains wondrous meanings in two or three lines; he had a large diwan in four volumes. 2
In Aleppo
His dress was that of the early Aleppines in clothing and in the split turban. He was constantly in the circle of Ibn al-Jubrani, the man of letters and philologist, in the mosque of Aleppo. Between him and Ibn Khallikan there was sincere friendship; Ibn Khallikan said of him: "an excellent companion." 2
Death
His birth is estimated as 562 AH, since he did not verify his birth. He died on Friday, the nineteenth of Muharram 635 AH in Aleppo, and was buried in the cemetery of the Gate of Antioch. 3
Connections
- Studied under
- ابن الجبراني
- Lived in
- Aleppo
- Related to
- ابن خلكان
People and things also explored
ابن الجبراني· Aleppo· the Ayyubid shuffle — al-Adil to Aleppo, al-Aziz to Egypt· Al-Farabi at Sayf al-Dawla's court· al-Malik al-Ṣāliḥ moved to Aleppo — Saʿd al-Dīn Kumashtakīn seizes the regency· The exchange of Aleppo, from Mosul to Sinjar· Battle of Azaz· Byzantine capture of Aleppo
Sources
- Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan , p. 231-236
- Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan , p.231,233-236
- Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan , p.236
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Abu al-Mahasin al-Shawwa”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abu-al-mahasin-al-shawwa/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.