Ibn Zamrak () (also Zumruk) or Abu Abduallah Muhammad ibn Yusuf ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Surayhi, (1333–1393) was an
Arab
Arabs (, , ; , , ) are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in West Asia and North Africa. A significant Arab diaspora is present in various parts of the world.
Arabs have been in the Fertile Crescent for thousands of years ...
Andalusian poet and statesman from
Granada
Granada ( ; ) is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada (Spain), Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence ...
,
Al-Andalus
Al-Andalus () was the Muslim-ruled area of the Iberian Peninsula. The name refers to the different Muslim states that controlled these territories at various times between 711 and 1492. At its greatest geographical extent, it occupied most o ...
. Some his poems still decorate the fountains and palaces of
Alhambra
The Alhambra (, ; ) is a palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Spain. It is one of the most famous monuments of Islamic architecture and one of the best-preserved palaces of the historic Muslim world, Islamic world. Additionally, the ...
in Granada.
[''Description in Classical Arabic Poetry:Was.f, Ekphrasis, and interarts'', by Akiko Motoyoshi Sumi, Brill, 2003, p. 158]
See also
*
Court of the Lions
Sources
* "Biography of Ibn Zamrak", in: ''The Encyclopaedia of Islam''.(2), iii, pp. 972–973, article by F. de la Granja
* "The Eye of Sovereignty: Poetry and Vision in the Alhambra's Lindaraja Mirado" by
D. Fairchild Ruggles, in: ''Gesta'', Vol. 36, No. 2, ''Visual Culture of Medieval Iberia'' (1997), pp. 180–189
* García Gómez, Emilio (1905-1995), ''Ibn Zamrak el poeta de la Alhambra'', Granada : Patronato de la Alhambra, 1975
* ''Le poete vizir Ibn Zamrak: du faubourg d' Al baycine au palais de l'Alhambra'', by Hamdan Hadjadji, 2005
* ''Ibn Zamrak al-Gharnāṭī, 733-796 H/1333-1393 M : sīratuhu wa-adabuh'', by Aḥmad Salīm Ḥimṣī, Bayrūt : Mu'assasat al-Risālah ; Ṭarābulus, Lubnān : Där al-Īmān, 1985.
External links
Poems of the Alhambra
1333 births
1393 deaths
14th-century Arab people
Poets from al-Andalus
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