Ali ibn Attiya ibn al-Zaqqaq (Arabic: علي إبن عطيّة إبن الزقّاق البلنسي اللخمي) (c. 1100 Valencia - 1133 or 1134) was one of the great poets of Al-Andalus during the reign of the Almoravids.[1] He was a Muslim from Banu Lakhm. His mother was the sister of fellow Andalusian poet, Ibn Khafaja, and there is scholarly dispute regarding his father.[2] He was a disciple under philosopher Ibn Ṣîd de Badajoz.[3]

Ibn al-Zaqqaq
BornAli ibn Attiya ibn al-Zaqqaq
c. 1100
Valencia, Al-Andalus (now Spain)
Died1133 or 1134
OccupationPoet
LanguageArabic
NationalityAndalusian

El sueño de Al-Zaqqâq by Luis Delgado is a collection of the works of Ibn Al-Zaqqaq set to music.

Reception

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Literary historian Emilio García Gómez referred to al-Zaqqaq's descriptive poetry as "the dramatization of metaphor".[4]

References

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  1. ^ James T. Monroe, Hispano-Arabic poetry: a student anthology , p. 39
  2. ^ Granja, F. Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, Edited by: P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel, W.P. Heinrichs, 2012, “Ibn al-Zaḳḳāḳ”
  3. ^ Jesús Rubiera Mata, María. "Ibn al-Zaqqaq". Real Academia de la Historia. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  4. ^ García Gómez, Emilio. Ibn al-Zaqqaq: Poesías. Madrid, 1956

Further reading

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  • Poesías / Ibn Al-Zaqqāq ; edición y traducción en verso [del árabe] de Emilio García Gómez, Publicación Madrid : Instituto Hispano-Arabe de Cultura, 1986
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