At a glance
- Roles
- Vizier · Poet
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- al-Andalus & Europe
- Review
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Life in time
Place in the story
- OfficialTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
The minister and secretary Abu Amir Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Amir al-Balawi, an Andalusian minister and secretary, a man of learning and of poetry. He died in 559 AH, according to the "Encyclopaedia of the Biographies of Scholars and Men of Letters". 1
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People and things also explored
al-Tanahmir: the Himyaritic speech remnant· Aljamia (aljamiado: Spanish written in Arabic script, and its literature)· Arab naming of children after plants· The wise sayings attributed to Ali· Poetry attributed to Ali ibn Abi Talib· The delegation of Banu Tamim and the boasting contest· Ka'b ibn Zuhayr's pardon and recitation of Banat Su'ad· Khuza'a's appeal to Medina
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Abu Amir al-Balawi, Muhammad ibn Ahmad”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abu-amir-muhammad-ibn-ahmad-al-balawi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.