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Ibn Unayn

ابن عنين

1154 CE · 549 AH – 1233 CE · 630 AH

Ibn Unayn (549–630) — Damascus's unrivalled satirist ('the foremost poet of his age'), exiled by Salah al-Din for 'Maqraḍ al-A'raḍ', restored by al-Adil, briefly vizier under al-Nasir Dawud; buried in his own mosque at al-Mizza 1.

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Roles
Poet · Vizier
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
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Life in time

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Ibn Khalil al-Dimashqi Abu al-Hajjaj Yusuf · Ibn al-Athir Diya' al-Din · نجم الدين ابن الحباز · يعقوب بن صابر المنجنيقي · Ibn Qudama al-Maqdisi

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Sources

  1. Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
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