يحيى بن هذيل الكفيف
يحيى بن هذيل الكفيف
The blind master of letters who trained al-Ramadi — 'blame me not for halting at a dwelling whose people made sickness my bedfellow' 1.
Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Poet · Scholar
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- al-Andalus & Europe
- Review
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Overview
Abu Bakr Yahya ibn Hudhayl al-Kafif, scholar of the men of letters of al-Andalus. He was the teacher of al-Ramadi, from whom he acquired the craft of literature. al-Maqqari quotes one of his verses about standing at the house of its people 2.
Sources
- Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari, p. 40
- Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari, p.40
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