ابن الرومي

Ali ibn al-Abbas ibn al-Rumi, a poet. ²

Al-Suyuti quotes from a qasida of his in praise of the caliph al-Mu'tadid, in which he says that the kingship of the Abbasids was founded with Abu al-Abbas (the caliph) and is renewed through him. ²

Al-Mas'udi quotes a verse of his on the arrival of Qatr al-Nada, daughter of Khumarawayh, at the court of al-Mu'tadid. ³ He says that al-Qasim ibn Ubaydallah destroyed him with poison in Khushknanja, adding "as it is said". He describes him as one of the fine inventors of meanings. ⁴