Abu Zayd Abd al-Rahman ibn Yakhlaftan ibn Ahmad al-Fazazi () (died in

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in 627/1230) was an

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poet and mystic. He is especially well known for his ''Al-Wasail al-Mutaqabbala'', a long poem in praise of the Islamic prophet Mohammed. It is commonly known as ''Qasid al-Ishriniyyat fi Madh Saiyidna Muhammad'' or simply the ''Ishriniyyat'' (the twenties) because it consists of sets of twenty rhyming verses for each letter of the alphabet. It was composed in Cordoba in the year 604/1207-8.see GAL S I, 482 Al-Fazazi is also the author of ''Epistle to the Sepulchre of the Prophet'' (). The name Al-Fazazi refers to Fazaz the former name of the

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region in north-central Morocco. It was said that he saw Muhammad in his dream, who appreciated his poem of Ishriniyya and praised him for writing it. He had a very deep love for Muhammad and wanted to travel to his grave in Madina-Almunauwara, but he died before reaching it. He was a friend of the panegyrist Abu Ishaq Ibrahim al-Kanemi.

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13th-century writers from al-Andalus 13th-century Moroccan poets 13th-century Moroccan people 12th-century Moroccan people People from Fez, Morocco 1230 deaths Year of birth unknown {{Morocco-poet-stub