Abd al-Jalil ibn Wahbun
Abu Mohammed Abd al-Jalil ibn Wahbun (Arabic: أبو محمد عبد الجليل بن وهبون) better known as simply Ibn Wahbun (died 1090), was a poet from Al Andalus in the 11th century.[1] He made his career at the court of Al-Mutamid in Sevilla and the Almoravid court in Marrakesh. He was born in Murcia ca. 1039/1049. He was murdered by Christian raiders on the road from Lorca to Murcia in 1087. One of his poems is the famous ode to the battle of Zalaca.
References[]
- ^ Arie Schippers , Spanish-Hebrew Poetry and the Arabic Literary Tradition, 1994, p. 46
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, Brill Publishers, Leiden, s.v. "Ibn Wahbūn".
Categories:
- Moorish writers
- 11th-century writers
- 1087 deaths
- 11th-century Al-Andalus people