Al-Ifliili, Ibrahim ibn Muhammad

الإفليلي إبراهيم بن محمد

963 CE · 352 AH – 1049 CE · 441 AH

A vizier and an authority on language and literature in al-Andalus, from Cordoba. His nisba refers to a village in Syria where his ancestors are said to have lived.

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Roles
Vizier · Poet · writer
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region
al-Andalus & Europe
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Life in time

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Abbasid Fragmentation · The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era Contemporaries: Al-Biruni, Muhammad ibn Ahmad · Abu Nu'aym al-Asbahani, Ahmad ibn Abd Allah · Al-Barqani, Ahmad ibn Muhammad · Al-Isfara'ini, Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Muhammad · Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ali al-Baghdadi

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People and things also explored

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-Qadir al-Baghdadi· 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
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islam.museum contributors. “Al-Ifliili, Ibrahim ibn Muhammad”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-ifliili-ibrahim-ibn-muhammad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-13.

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Ka'b ibn Zuhayr's pardon and recitation of Banat Su'ad

Warned by his brother Bujayr after the Prophet's return from al-Ta'if, the poet Ka'b ibn Zuhayr came to Medina, announced himself in the mosque, was spared despite an Ansari's request to strike his neck, and recited his apology-ode Banat Su'ad before the Prophet.