Muhammad ibn Hazim al-Bahili

Muhammad ibn Hazim al-Bahili, a poet. Al-Mas'udi relates that in the emirate of al-Hasan ibn Sahl he said verses on al-Ma'mun's marriage to Buran, containing a congratulation mixed with ambiguity. When they reached al-Ma'mun, he said that he did not know whether the poet meant good or ill. ¹