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Ibn al-Labbana

ابن اللبانة

c. 1113 CE · 507 AH

Ibn al-Labbana — the Andalusi poet of Denia; per al-Bayyasi's Khassa he reached Almoravid Marrakesh in Dhu al-Hijja 439 and praised its king; no death date reached Ibn Khallikan 1.

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Poet
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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 Bakr Ibn al-Labbana of Denia, the poet; Ibn Khallikan gives no death-date nor do the books — but al-Khassa of Abu'l-Hajjaj Yusuf al-Biyasi records Ibn al-Labbana's arrival at Marrakesh in Dhu'l-Hijja 439, praising its king with verses opening "A king whose splendor in his subjects' adornment — shone with the crafts of his age"; Ibn al-Abbar ascribes two verses of an ode to him 1.

Sources

  1. Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
  • Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali
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