The Ring of the Dove (Tawq al-Hamama)

طوق الحمامة في الألفة والألاف

Ibn Hazm's Ring of the Dove, the famous treatise on love and lovers of al-Andalus 1.

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Era
Abbasid Fragmentation
Region
al-Andalus & Europe
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Overview

"Tawq al-Hamama fil-Ulfa wal-Ulaf" (The Dove's Neckring: On Affection and Companionship), a book by Abu Muhammad Ibn Hazm of al-Andalus. It deals with the conditions of lovers, the kinds of passion, and the reports of those in love. 1

The source counts it among the best-known works of Andalusian literature. 1

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Authored by
أبو محمد ابن حزم الأندلسي

People and things also explored

Ahmad ibn Sa'id ibn Hazm· al-Ihkam fi Usul al-Ahkam· أبو محمد ابن حزم الأندلسي

Sources

  1. Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari
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Ahmad ibn Sa'id ibn Hazm

The vizier Abu 'Amr Ahmad b. Sa'id b. Hazm, father of the polymath Ibn Hazm — a secretary, mufti and philologist 'deep-sailing in the science of the tongue'; he died in 393.