At a glance
- Roles
- Poet
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Summary
Zafir al-Haddad, the famous poet Abu'l-Mansur Zafir ibn al-Qasim al-Judhami al-Iskandari, was among the accomplished poets with a mostly fine diwan; he praised a circle of Egypt's emirs. The hafiz Abu Tahir al-Salafi and other notables transmitted from him; Ibn Khallikan and Ibn Shihba mentioned him, and 'Ali ibn Zafir praised him in Bada'i' al-bada'ih. He died in Egypt in Muharram 529. 1
Connections
- Died in
- Misr (Egypt)
People and things also explored
the Ayyubid shuffle — al-Adil to Aleppo, al-Aziz to Egypt· al-Adil takes Egypt — the Ayyubid house-war ends· death of al-Aziz — al-Afdal takes Egypt· Death of Malik al-Ashtar on the way to Egypt· the killing of Muḥammad ibn Abī Ḥudhayfa in Egypt (36 AH, disputed)· Earthquakes in Egypt· The general famine and plague of 448· Al-Hakim Forbids the Women of Egypt to Go Out
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 571-573
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “ظافر الحداد”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/zafir-al-haddad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.