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
LiteratureScripture and its sciences
Place in the story
- PoetTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Ali ibn Abd al-Ghani al-Fihri, whose kunya is Abu al-Hasan, a blind poet and reciter born in al-Andalus. The "Encyclopaedia of Notable Scholars and Men of Letters" says he was born around 420 AH (1029 CE) and died around 488 AH (1095 CE); these two dates need a second source. 1
His biographical details and poetry need an additional source.
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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. “Ali ibn Abd al-Ghani al-Fihri”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ali-ibn-abd-al-ghani-al-fihri/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.