Al-A'ma al-Tutili, Ahmad ibn Abd Allah
الأعمى التطيلي أحمد بن عبد الله
1129 CE · 525 AH
An Andalusian poet who was blind and known as al-A'ma. He is linked by nisba to Tudela and to Seville.
At a glance
- Roles
- Poet
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- al-Andalus & Europe
- Review
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Life in time
Place in the story
- PoetTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
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موجز
أحمد بن عبد الله بن هريرة القيسي، شاعر أندلسي وشّاح. 1
لقبه
يلقّب بالأعمى لأنه كان ضريراً، ويُنسب إلى تطيلة وإشبيلية. 1
وفاته
توفي سنة 525هـ (1129م) بحسب الموسوعة. 1
People and things also explored
al-Tanahmir: the Himyaritic speech remnant· Arab naming of children after plants· The delegation of Banu Tamim and the boasting contest· Ka'b ibn Zuhayr's pardon and recitation of Banat Su'ad· Khuza'a's appeal to Medina· Salim ibn Umayr's mission to kill Abu Afak· Umayr ibn Adi al-Khatmi's mission to kill Asma' bint Marwan· The killing of Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Al-A'ma al-Tutili, Ahmad ibn Abd Allah”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-ama-al-tutili-ahmad-ibn-abd-allah/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-16.