Ibn al-Khayyat · Islam Museum

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Era: The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Abd al-Mughith al-Harbi · Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Abd al-Wahhab al-Shirazi · Abdallah ibn Hamuwayh al-Juwayni · Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi

Overview

Abu 'Abd Allah Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Taghlibi, known as Ibn al-Khayyat, the Damascene katib-poet; among the accomplished poets, he toured the lands praising patrons and entered the lands of the 'Ajam, meeting Abu'l-Fath Ibn Hayyus at Baalbek — he showed him his verse and Ibn Hayyus pointed him to where his strength lay ¹.

Sources

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

Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali

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islam.museum contributors. “Ibn al-Khayyat”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibn-al-khayyat/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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