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Al-Mutamid ibn Abbad
Al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad, born around 1040 in Béja, was the most famous poet-king of the Abbadid dynasty of al-Andalus, becoming emir of Seville in 1069…
Timeline
- c. 1051–1060Seville · SevilleAl-Mu'tamid was educated at the Seville court under his uncle Al-Mu'tadid (r. 1042–1069), studying Arabic poetry and statecraft, laying the foundation for his later emirate of Seville and his fame as a poet. During this period the taifas of al-Andalus faced the pressure of the Christian Reconquista.
Sources
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition: Al-Mu'tamid b. Abbad https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/
- Ibn Bassam, Al-Dhakhira fi Mahasin Ahl al-Jazira — Ibn Bassam