Ali ibn Muhammad al-Iyadi

Ali ibn Muhammad al-Iyadi
Born ?
Tunis
Died 976
Probably Cairo
Occupation poet
Known for poet laureate of the Fatimids
Title The Buhturi of the West

Abu 'al-Hasan Ali ibn Muhammad al-Iyadi (died 976) was a Maghrebi Arabic poet in the tenth century from Tunis. He is the poet laureate of the Fatimids (in Kairouan and Mahdia), served the caliphs of Al-Qa'im, al-Mansur and al-Mu'az. He wrote a well-known poem (kasida) describing the Fatimid naval fleet during Al-Qa'im, under whose reign that fleet invaded Genoa and Sardinia.[1]

Biography

Ali ibn Mohmmad al-Iyadi born in Tunis. He joined the Fatimid state service in Kairouan and Mahdia during the days of Al-Qa'im, and Ismail al-Mansur.

al-Iyadi died in 976, probably in Cairo.[2]

References

  1. Shawqi Daif. تاريخ الأدب العربي (in Arabic). Dar al-Ma'arif. p. 225.
  2. Omar Farroukh. تاريخ الأدب العربي. Dar Al Malayin. p. 279.


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