أبو إسحاق ابن خفاجة
أبو إسحاق ابن خفاجة
Al-Andalus's celebrated nature poet who, asked by Abu'l-Arab how he fared at eighty-one, answered in his famous self-elegy; his 'a paradise in al-Andalus' verses stand among the land's great praises 1.
Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Poet
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- al-Andalus & Europe
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
Overview
Abu Ishaq Ibn Khafaja, the well-known poet of al-Andalus. 2
Meeting Abu al-Arab al-Tujibi
Al-Maqqari relates that Abu al-Arab al-Tujibi met him and asked after his condition when he had reached eighty-one years, and he recited verses of his own about his age. 3
On al-Andalus
Al-Maqqari quotes verses from his description of al-Andalus, in which he compares it to Paradise. 2
Sources
- Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari, p. 24, 333
- Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari, p.24
- Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari, p.333
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