Ibn al-Abbar al-Khuwalani

ابن الأبار الخولاني

1071 CE · 463 AH

Abu Ja'far Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Khuwalani, 'Ibn al-Abbar' (d. 463, Seville) — celebrated poet of al-Mu'tadid b. Abbad's court, also a faqih and author with a diwan; distinct from the later Valencian Ibn al-Abbar 1.

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Poet · faqih
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Abbasid Fragmentation
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Summary

Abu Ja'far Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Khawlani al-Andalusi of Seville, known as Ibn al-Abar; the famous poet, among the gifted poets of al-Mu'tadid b. 'Abbad al-Lakhmi, lord of Seville — a scholar and jurist who composed and left a poetry diwan; Ibn Bassam mentions him in the Dhakhira. 1

Sources

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