Yusuf ibn Harun al-Rammadi

يوسف بن هارون الرمادي

c. 1012 CE · 403 AH

Abu Umar Yusuf ibn Harun al-Kindi, known as al-Rammadi, the well-known poet of Cordoba, foremost among its poets. He transmitted from Abu Ali al-Qali the book al-Nawadir, a work of al-Qali's own composition, and Abu Umar ibn Abd al-Barr took from him as well; al-Humaydi, in Jadhwat al-Muqtabis, counted him with Imru' al-Qays and al-Mutanabbi among those who opened poetry with Kinda 1.

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Abbasid Fragmentation · The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks Contemporaries: Abd al-Ghani ibn Sa'id al-Azdi · Abd al-Jabbar al-Hamadhani · Abd al-Malik Ibn Attash · Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ali al-Baghdadi · Abdallah ibn Yasin al-Jazuli

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Abu 'Umar Yusuf b. Harun al-Kindi, known as al-Rammadi — the famous poet of Cordoba, ranked above its poets; he transmitted from Abu 'Ali al-Qali the Kitab al-nawadir of his own composition, and Abu 'Umar Ibn 'Abd al-Barr took from him; al-Humaydi counts him in the Jadhwa with Imru' al-Qays and al-Mutanabbi among those who opened poetry through Kinda. 1

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  1. Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
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