At a glance
- Roles
- Poet · Scholar
- 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
Yusuf ibn Sulayman ibn Isa, Abu al-Hajjaj, an Andalusian scholar from Shantamariyya al-Gharb. He was called "al-A'lam" for a wide split in his upper lip. 1
Dates
He was born in 410 AH (1019 CE) and died in 1084 CE, according to the "Encyclopaedia of Notable Scholars and Men of Letters". 1
Notes for researchers
- His works, teachers and pupils need 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
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Al-A'lam al-Shantamari, Yusuf ibn Sulayman”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-shantamari-yusuf-ibn-sulayman/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.