Abu al-Ualid Ahmad Ibn Zeydun al-Mahzumi ( 1003 , Cordoba - April 14, 1071 , Seville ) known as Ibn Zeydun , ( Arabic. أبو الوليد أحمد بن زيدون المخزومي ) - the largest Muslim poet in the East and Andalusia .
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Biography
Came from a noble Cordoban family. His father and grandfather, like Ibn Zeydun himself, were the viziers of the Cordoban caliphs, then al-Mansur and other small rulers who divided the lands of the Cordoban caliphate. Ibn Zeydun was the secretary, then the vizier of the ruler of Cordoba from the clan of Banu Jahwar, he was imprisoned by envious men, he fled and secretly returned to Cordoba. Then, fleeing the wrath of Ibn Jahvar, he fled to Seville and became a close associate of the emir al-Mutadid and the teacher of his son al-Mutamid, the future emir of Seville and a famous poet. Ibn Zeydun carried out diplomatic missions, more than once went as an ambassador to other Muslim rulers of Andalusia , participated in military campaigns.
Poet
How the poet became famous for his love lyrics, creating brilliant images of "courteous" poetry, reminiscent of the verses of Provencal troubadours. Almost all of his poems are devoted to al-Wallad, the Cordoban poetess, daughter of Caliph al-Mustakfi, and his satyrs , who were also very famous, ridicule one of the rivals.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 BNF identifier : Open Data Platform 2011.
- ↑ SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ Diccionario biográfico español - Royal Academy of History .