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ابن أرفع رأس

ابن أرفع رأس

c. 1198 CE · 594 AH

Abu al-Hasan Ali b. Musa b. Khalaf al-Ansari, resident of Fez and its khatib, author of Shudhur al-Dhahab on the art of alchemy — none versified alchemy as he did, so it was said: 'if he does not teach you gold-making he will teach you adab; if his gold escapes you his adab will not'; known as Ibn Arfa' Ra's, 'poet of beauty, sage of verse'; he died in 594 1.

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Roles
Poet · Scholar
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Maghreb
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Summary

Abu'l-Hasan 'Ali ibn Musa ibn Muhammad ibn Khalaf al-Ansari, resident of Fez and its khatib, author of Shudhur al-Dhahab on the art of alchemy — none ever versified alchemy as he did, to the point it was said that if he could not teach you the art of gold he taught you the art of adab, and if his gold escaped you his adab would not; he is known as Ibn Arfa' Ras, and it is said he is the poet al-Hasan, sage of poetry; he died in 594. 1

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 797
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