يوسف البياسي
يوسف البياسي
c. 1177 CE · 573 AH – c. 1255 CE · 653 AH
Abu al-Hajjaj Yusuf al-Bayyasi — the Andalusi hafiz who carried the Hamasa, the Six Diwans, al-Mutanabbi's and al-Ma'arri's collections in memory; at Tunis he wrote for the Hafsid amir Abu Zakariya the I'lam bil-Hurub from 'Umar's murder to al-Walid ibn Tarif's revolt, and his own Hamasa arranged on Abu Tammam's pattern, finished Shawwal 646 1.
At a glance
- Roles
- adib · hafiz · Historian
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- al-Andalus & Europe · Maghreb
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Overview
Abu al-Hajjaj Yusuf ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Ansari al-Bayyasi, one of the excellent and memorising scholars of al-Andalus. He was a man of letters, well versed in verse and prose, the days of the Arabs and their wars. He memorised the Hamasa of Abu Tammam, the two divans of Abu Tammam and al-Mutanabbi, and "Saqt al-Zand" of al-Ma'arri 2.
Travels and the Hamasa
He travelled in the lands of al-Andalus and then came to Tunis. He compiled for the amir Abu Zakariyya Yahya of the Hafsids the book "al-I'lam bi-l-Hurub al-Waqi'a fi Sadr al-Islam" (Notice of the Wars that Took Place in Early Islam). Ibn Khallikan looked at it and found his words those of one who knows the craft. He saw his book "al-Hamasa" in two volumes, which he finished in Tunis in Shawwal of the year 646 AH 3.
He was born in 573 AH and died in 653 AH 4.
His works include al-Hamasa and al-I'lam bi-l-Hurub.
Connections
People and things also explored
حماسة أبي تمام· الإعلام بالحروب الواقعة في صدر الإسلام· حماسة البياسي
Sources
- Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan, p. 238-242
- Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan, p.238
- Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan, p.239
- Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan, p.242
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