Ibn al-Habbariyya

The Sharif Abu Ya'la Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Salih ibn Hamza, the Hashimi 'Abbasi known as Ibn al-Habbariyya, styled Nizam al-Din al-Baghdadi; the famous poet — skilful and fair of intent but sharp-tongued, given to satire and falling on people so that hardly anyone escaped him; al-'Imad the katib says in the Kharida: "among Nizam al-Mulk's poets — satire, jest and trifling dominate his verse; he cast in Ibn Hajjaj's mould, followed his manner and surpassed him in licentiousness, while the clean part of his poetry is of the finest"; he was attached to the service of Nizam al-Mulk, vizier of Alp Arslan and Malikshah, whose full favour and steady bounty he enjoyed; author of the Sasanid ode in praise of Baghdad. ²