At a glance
- Roles
- Poet
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- al-Andalus & Europe
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Place in the story
- PoetTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Ahmad ibn Abd Allah ibn Hurayra al-Qaysi, an Andalusian poet and embroiderer. 1
His nickname
He is called "the blind" because he was blind, and he is attributed to Tutayla and Seville. 1
His death
The encyclopaedia gives his death as 525 AH (1129 CE). 1
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. “Al-A'ma al-Tutili, Ahmad ibn Abd Allah”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-ama-al-tutili-ahmad-ibn-abd-allah/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.