At a glance
- Roles
- Poet · writer
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Summary
Abu 'Abdallah Ibn al-Qaysarani Muhammad b. Nasr the adib, bearer of poetry's banner in his age; born at Acre in 487, he administered Damascus's water-clocks for a time, then settled at Aleppo — versed in astronomy, the stars, geometry and reckoning, praising kings and grandees, exchanging letters, answers and flytings with Ibn al-Munir; he died the night of Wednesday the eleventh of Sha'ban at Damascus and was buried at the Bab al-Faradis cemetery. 1
Connections
- Died in
- Damascus
People and things also explored
the Cave of Qasyun (Jibril's Cave)· Qasr Hiraql / Qasr Shams al-Muluk· The Umayyad Mosque of Damascus· The Fitna of the Hafiz Abd al-Ghani in Damascus in 595· al-Afdal besieges Damascus and turns back· al-Adil's seizure of Damascus· al-Ghazali's arrival in Damascus as an ascetic, in 488· al-Ashraf takes Damascus
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 630-631
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “ابن القيسراني الشاعر”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibn-al-qaysarani-muhammad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.