Abu al-Baqa ar-Rundi
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Abu Muhammad Salih b. Abi Sharif ar-Rundi (or Abu-l-Tayyib/ Abu-l-Baqa Salih b. Sharif al-Rundi) was a poet, writer, and literary critic from al-Andalus who wrote in Arabic.[1] His fame is based on his nuniyya entitled "رثاء الأندلس" Rithaa' ul-Andalus (Elegy for al-Andalus), a poem mourning the Catholic invasion and conquest of al-Andalus.
Biography[]
He was born in Sevilla in 1204 and fled that town in 1248 and lived in Ceuta until his death in 1285.[2] ar-Rundi wrote a handbook on poetry entitled (الوافي في نظم القوافي).[3]
References[]
- ^ الدحيلان, عبدالمحسن (2018-05-04). "مرثية أبي البقاء الرندي في رثاء الأندلس". alyaum (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-06-17.
- ^ Rothenberg, Jerome; Joris, Pierre; Robinson, Jeffrey Cane; Tengour, Habib (1995). Poems for the Millennium, Volume Four: The University of California Book of North African Literature. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-27385-6.
- ^ الرندي, ق. 7 هـ. الوافي في نظم القوافي. [s.n.] OCLC 929527481.
Sources[]
- Maya Shatzmiller, L'historiographie Mérinide. Ibn Khaldun et ses contemporains, Leiden, 1982
- Abd Allah Kanun, Abu l-Baqa al-Rundi
- Zubair Mohammad Ehsanul Hoque, Elegy for lost kingdoms and ruined cities in Hispano-Arabic poetry article, 2007
External links[]
- Lament for the Fall of Seville (1267), by Abu al-Baqa al-Rundi English translation with footnotes by James T. Monroe [1]
- Performance of Qasida by Al-Rundi (YouTube) [2]
(retrieved, 23-11-2010)
Categories:
- Moorish writers
- 13th-century Arabic poets
- 1204 births
- 1285 deaths
- People from Seville
- 13th-century Moroccan writers
- 13th-century Al-Andalus people
- Moroccan writer stubs