Abū Naṣr al-Fatḥ ibn Muḥammad ibn Ubayd Allāh ibn Khāqān ibn Abdallah al-Qaysī al-Ishbīlī () (d . 1134), known as al-Fath ibn Khaqan, was a popular anthologist of
al-Andalus.
Life
Born in
Seville, al-Andalus (now
Spain), he received an elite education and travelled widely across al-Andalus. Described as a 'libertine' and yet he was appointed secretary to the
Almoravid governor of
Granada
Granada (,, DIN 31635, DIN: ; grc, Ἐλιβύργη, Elibýrgē; la, Illiberis or . ) is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the fo ...
Abū Yūsuf Tāshfīn ibn ‘Alī; a post he abandoned almost immediately to travel to Morocco in the
Maghreb where sometime later he was murdered in his Marrakesh hotel, it was rumoured, on the orders of the sultan.
Works
*''Qalā'id al-'Iqyān'' () ‘Collars of Gold’ or 'Necklace of Rubies';
akhbar (traditions) of poets of the
Maghreb and
al-Andalus, who were his contemporaries with examples of their poems.
*''Maṭmaḥ al-anfus wa-masraḥ al-taʼannus fī mulaḥ ahl al-Andalus'' () (Kābir, Wāsiṭ, Saghīr Large, Medium, Small) 'The Aspiration of the Souls and the Theater of Congeniality in the Anecdotes of the People of al-Andalus';
History of the ministers, scribes and poets of al-Andalus.
These two works are written in rhymed prose full of metaphorical expressions and are an excellent source of information about the apogee of Andalusian letters.
Sources
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Ibn Khallikan
Aḥmad bin Muḥammad bin Ibrāhīm bin Abū Bakr ibn Khallikān) ( ar, أحمد بن محمد بن إبراهيم بن أبي بكر ابن خلكان; 1211 – 1282), better known as Ibn Khallikān, was a 13th century Shafi'i Islamic scholar w ...
''Wafayāt al-A’yān wa-Anbā’ Abnā’ al-Zamān'' (tr. Obituaries of Eminent Men}
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Ḥāfiẓ Ibn Diyha al-Kalbī''Al-Mutrib fī Ash’ār Ahl il-Mughrib''
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Al-Ṣafadī
Khalīl ibn Aybak al-Ṣafadī, or Salah al-Dīn al-Ṣafadī; full name - Salah al-Dīn Abū al-Ṣafa Khalīl ibn Aybak ibn ‘Abd Allāh al-Albakī al-Ṣafari al-Damascī Shafi'i. (1296 – 1363); he was a Turkic Mamluk author and historian. ...
''Al-Wāfī bi-'l-wafayāt ''
References
Citations
Bibliography
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Further reading
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External links
*Literary Excerpts on Art and Architecture in Andalusia, compiled and translated by Cynthia Robinson, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeto
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1134 deaths
Year of birth unknown
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