أبو بكر ابن عمار الشاعر الوزير
أبو بكر ابن عمار الشاعر الوزير
Abu Bakr ibn Ammar, poet and wazir of al-Mu'tamid at Seville, also styled Dhu'l-Wizaratayn; present at the river-meeting where the washerwoman Rimaykiyya capped the king's verse — but his famous Lamiyya sneering 'a Rimaykiyya worth not a sandal-strap' set al-Mu'tamid against him until the king killed him, burying the axe-head in his skull, at which she quipped 'Ibn Ammar is still anointed' 1.
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- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- al-Andalus & Europe
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Overview
Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ammar, the poet and vizier of Seville, given the title "Dhu al-Wizaratayn" (the holder of two vizierates). He was the vizier and boon companion of al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad. 2
Al-Maqqari relays a story that al-Mu'tamid rode out on the river with Ibn Ammar, and the wind had stirred the water. He said to him: "Complete the verse: the wind made of the water a coat of mail." Ibn Ammar thought at length, and a washerwoman said: "What a coat of mail for battle, if it froze!" Al-Mu'tamid married her, and she was al-Rumaykiyya, the mother of his children. 1
His death
Al-Maqqari says that Ibn Ammar composed his lamiyya ode on al-Mu'tamid and al-Rumaykiyya, and that it stirred al-Mu'tamid against him until he killed him with a mace. 1
Al-Maqqari relays from al-Hajjari that his lavish praise of those who made excuses for themselves, and his generosity to them, show that he was devoted to the cup. 3
Sources
- Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari, p. 211-212
- Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari, p. 73
- Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari, p. 73, 211-212
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