Bahaa al-Din Zuhayr · Islam Museum

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At a glance

Era: The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
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Life in time

The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Al-Baydawi, Abd Allah ibn Umar · al-Kamal al-Darir · al-Malik al-Mu'azzam Turanshah the Elder · al-Mursi al-Lawraqi · al-Qaysi al-Dimashqi

Summary

Abu'l-Fadl Zuhayr b. Muhammad b. 'Ali b. Yahya, styled Baha' al-Din; the poet-katib, high in his master's esteem, interceding only for good and profiting many by his gracious mediation; his first panegyric was at Damietta's port in 605, and he went to Mosul as envoy from his master al-Malik al-Salih. ¹

At Ibn Khallikan's

Ibn Khallikan, who met him at Cairo, described him for noble character, great modesty and gentle nature, and licensed him to transmit his diwan — abundant in people's hands. ¹

Sources

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

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islam.museum contributors. “Bahaa al-Din Zuhayr”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/bahaa-al-din-zuhayr/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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People

Prophets, companions, scholars, rulers, scientists, poets, travelers: women and men who shaped the story.