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Ibn Rashiq al-Qayrawani

ابن رشيق القيرواني

c. 1000 CE · 390 AH – c. 1071 CE · 463 AH

Ibn Rashiq al-Qayrawani — master of ornate prose and author of al-Umda on the virtues of poetry; al-Qadi al-Fadil prized his speech, and he is quoted by al-Imad in the Kharida and Ibn Bassam in the Dhakhira 1.

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Era
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region
Maghreb
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9509751000102510501075110011251150 c. c.
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks Contemporaries: al-Tanukhi al-Qadi Abu al-Qasim Ali ibn al-Muhsin · الزركاني أبو علي الحافظ · Ibn Hayyan, Abu Marwan · Ibn Mu'adh al-Jayyani, Muhammad · Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, Ahmad ibn Ali

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Sources

  1. Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
  • Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali
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