Ibn Tabataba

ابن طباطبا

Sharif Ibn Tabataba — naqib of the Talibids in Egypt and one of its grandees; a poet of zuhd and ghazal quoted by al-Tha'alibi in the Yatima 1.

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
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Abu'l-Qasim Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isma'il ibn Ibrahim al-Tabataba, the Husayni sharif of Raqqa origin, Egyptian; naqib of the Talibids in Egypt and among its greatest chiefs, with fine poetry in zuhd and ghazal — Abu Mansur al-Tha'alibi mentions him in the Yatima and quotes selections. 1

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