At a glance
- Roles
- Poet · writer
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- 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
Abu al-Faraj al-Makhzumi al-Nasibi, a poet, prose writer and man of letters, born in Nasibin. He was born in 315 AH (927 CE) and died in 398 AH (1008 CE). 1
The source says that little is known of his upbringing. 1
Review note: the page's heading gives "al-Hamdani", while the name in the data is "al-Makhzumi". The matter needs an additional source.
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Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO , p.332
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Abu al-Faraj al-Makhzumi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-hamdani-abu-al-faraj/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.