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al-Wahrani

الوهراني

1179 CE · 575 AH

Rukn al-Din al-Wahrani (d. 575) — the celebrated satirist from Wahran (Oran); came to Salah al-Din's Egypt for insha' work, judged himself no match for al-Qadi al-Fadil and Imad al-Din, and turned to humour — the famous Manamat and comic epistles; ended as khatib of Dariyya near Damascus 1.

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Summary

Abu 'Abdallah Muhammad b. Mahraz b. Muhammad al-Wahrani, styled Rukn al-Din — some say Jamal al-Din; one of the wits and virtuosi, he came from his homeland to Egypt in Salah al-Din's day, his craft being the art of insha'. 1

The road of jest

When he arrived and saw al-Qadi al-Fadil and 'Imad al-Din al-Isfahani, he knew he was not of their rank, so he abandoned the path of earnest for the path of jest, composing the famous dream-visions and epistles ascribed to him — abundant and betraying his lightness of spirit and perfect wit, the most famous being al-Manam al-kabir. He wandered the lands, settled at Damascus and held the preaching post at Darayya in the Ghuta. 1

Sources

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