At a glance
- Roles
- Poet
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq · Persia & Central Asia
- Review
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Life in time
Summary
'Abd al-Samad ibn Babak, Abu'l-Qasim the poet; one of the foremost poets of his age, whose verse is esteemed and circulated in the books of adab and histories; he sought out al-Sahib Ibn 'Abbad at Rayy and praised him, and al-Sahib asked him: "Are you Ibn Babak?" — "I am Ibn Babak"; he died in Shawwal 410. 1
Connections
- Wrote about
- الصاحب بن عباد
People and things also explored
Abu'l-Hasan 'Abbad al-Taliqani· Akhbar al-Wuzara'· الصاحب بن عباد· al-Tanahmir: the Himyaritic speech remnant· Aljamia (aljamiado: Spanish written in Arabic script, and its literature)· Arab naming of children after plants· The wise sayings attributed to Ali· Poetry attributed to Ali ibn Abi Talib
Sources
- al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “أبو القاسم عبد الصمد بن بابك الشاعر”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibn-babak/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.