al-Zahi · Islam Museum

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Roles: Poet
Era: Abbasid Fragmentation
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Life in time

Abbasid Fragmentation · The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era Contemporaries: Abu Bakr al-Sibi Ahmad ibn Muhammad · Qadi Abu Bakr Ibn al-Daqqaq al-Baghdadi · Abu Bakr Ibn Lal al-Hamadhani · Abu Mansur al-Azhari · Al-Abhari, Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Abd Allah

Summary

Abu'l-Qasim 'Ali b. Ishaq b. Khalaf al-Baghdadi, known as al-Zahi, the famous poet; a graceful describer rich in elegant conceits. Al-Khatib mentions him in Tarikh Baghdad as a fine poet in love-verse and beyond; he was a perfumer whose shop stood in Qati'at al-Rabi', and he praised Sayf al-Dawla, the vizier al-Muhallabi and other grandees of his time; Ibn 'Abd al-Barr records him in the Tabaqat al-shu'ara'. ¹

Sources

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

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islam.museum contributors. “al-Zahi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-zahi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.

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