Al-Balawi, Ahmad ibn Ali
البلوي أحمد بن علي
1462 CE · 866 AH – 1532 CE · 938 AH
A philologist, man of letters and poet from Wadi Ash, linked to the tribe of Bali.
Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Poet · Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Gunpowder Empires
- 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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People and things also explored
Abd al-Qadir al-Baghdadi· Ka'b ibn Zuhayr's pardon and recitation of Banat Su'ad· Khuza'a's appeal to Medina· The killing of Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf· Aban al-Lahiqi· Abbas ibn Mirdas al-Sulami· Abd al-Ghaffar al-Akhras· Abd al-Rahman al-Tha'alibi
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-Balawi, Ahmad ibn Ali”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-balawi-ahmad-ibn-ali/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-13.