At a glance
- Roles
- Poet · writer
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Maghreb
- Review
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Life in time
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Ali ibn Tamim al-Ansari al-Qayrawani, known as al-Husri. He was a poet and secretary from Qayrawan. He is attributed to al-Husur, meaning the craft of making mats, or to a village next to Qayrawan. He is close to the poet al-Husri. He died in 413 AH (1022 CE). 1
The date rests on one source and needs an additional source.
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 , p.20
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-Husri Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Ali”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-husri-abu-ishaq-ibrahim-ibn-ali/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.