At a glance
- Roles
- Poet · Scholar
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Egypt & Nile · Arabia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Place in the story
sufi (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Ibn al-Farid, the poet of divine love, titled Sultan of the Lovers, Proof of the People of Unity and Bearer of the Poets' Banner; he grew up in Egypt devoting himself to worship, roaming Mount Muqattam and the ruins of Qarafa, then cut himself off at Mecca some fifteen years, and returned to teach in the khitaba corner of al-Azhar mosque — al-Malik al-Kamil himself would come down to visit him. 1
His diwan
His is the famous diwan acknowledged by friend and foe alike, containing the Ta'iyya ode whose commentary many undertook — al-Siraj al-Hindi, al-Shams al-Bisati, al-Jalal al-Qazwini, al-Farghani, al-Qashani and al-Qaysari; his finest verse was said to be the Fa'iyya "Qalbi yuhaddithuni bi-annaka mutlifi". He died in Egypt and was buried at al-Muqattam. 1
Connections
People and things also explored
Muhammad Ma Jian· Muhammad Mutawalli al-Sha'rawi· Wang Jingzhai· Al-Azhar Mosque· The Dar al-Hikma of Cairo· Dar al-Nadwa· The Kaaba· Al-Masjid Al-Haram
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 149-153
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Ibn al-Farid”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibn-al-farid/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.