Abd al-Majid ibn Abdun
Abd al-Majid ibn Abdun, or in full Abu Mohammed Abd al-Majid ibn Abdun al-Yaburi عبد المجيد بن عبدون اليابري (c. He was the secretary of one of the two kings of the Taifa of Badajoz (governing in Évora) Umar ibn Mohammed al-Muwakkil (1078) of the Berber Miknasa Aftasid dynasty. When the Aftasid dynasty was defeated and Badajoz conquered by the Almoravids, Ibn Abdun became the secretary of Yusuf ibn Tashfin and later of his son Ali ibn Yusuf.
Also recorded as Abd al-Majid ibn Abd Allah Ibn Abdun
Abd al-Majid ibn Abdun
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- Name
- Abd al-Majid ibn Abdun
- Born
- c. 1050
- Birthplace
- Al-Andalus
- Died
- 1135
- Place of death
- Évora
- Occupation
- Poet, Secretary
- Nationality
- Taifa of Badajoz
- Fields
- poet
- Known for
- Al-Basamah
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Abd al-Majid ibn Abdun, or in full Abu Mohammed Abd al-Majid ibn Abdun al-Yaburi عبد المجيد بن عبدون اليابري (c. He was the secretary of one of the two kings of the Taifa of Badajoz (governing in Évora) Umar ibn Mohammed al-Muwakkil (1078) of the Berber Miknasa Aftasid dynasty. When the Aftasid dynasty was defeated and Badajoz conquered by the Almoravids, Ibn Abdun became the secretary of Yusuf ibn Tashfin and later of his son Ali ibn Yusuf.
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Abd al-Majid ibn Abdun (1050–1135) was a poet and secretary and a national of the Taifa of Badajoz. The poet was born and died in Évora. Abd al-Majid ibn Abdun was active in poet. Works include Al-Basamah.
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He wrote a diwan. One of his best known poems is a qasida (elegy) on the downfall of the house of the Aftasids, known as al-Qasidah al-bassamah or sometimes the Abduniyya. Ibn Badrun (died 1211), himself a well known poet of Al-Andalus, wrote a lengthy commentary on the poems and prose of Ibn Abdun (Cup of the Flower and Shell of the Pearl), translated and edited by Reinhart Dozy in 1848.
Poema de Ibn Zaydun titulado "Diálogo en la noche"
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Afra Atiq speaking at her panel discussion titled 'Heritage in Poetry' at the EAFoL.
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• Name — Abd al-Majid ibn Abdun • Born — c. 1050 • Birthplace — Al-Andalus • Died — 1135 • Place of death — Évora • Occupation — Poet, Secretary • Language — Arabic • Notable Works — Diwan, Al-Qasidah al-bassamah (The Abduniyya) • Period — Taifa of Badajoz • Genre — Poetry • Subjects — Elegy, Politics • Native Name — عبد المجيد بن عبدون اليابري
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1050
Abd al-Majid ibn Abdun born at Évora.
1135
Abd al-Majid ibn Abdun died at Évora.
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• Sharh Qasidat al-wazir al-katib fīl-adab wa-al-maratib li-AbīAbd al-Majid ibn Abdun, by Abd al-Malik ibn Abd Allah Ibn Badrun; Mahmud Hasan Shaybani; Abd al-Majid ibn Abd Allah Ibn Abdun, ed.: al-Riyad: M.H. al-Shaybanī, 1993. • Abd al-Malik ibn Abd Allah Ibn Badrun, Sharh qasidat Ibn Abdun al-marufah bi-al-basamah fīal-tarikh wa-al-adab, Cairo: Mahbaat al-Saadah, 1921/22 • María José Rebollo Avalos, La cultura en el reino Taifa de Badajoz: Ibn Abdun de Evora (m. 530/1135), Departamento de Publicaciones de la Excma. Diputación Provincial de Badajoz, 1997 • José Mohedano Barceló, Ibn Abdun de Evora, c. 1050-1135: breve apresentacão e seleccão dos seus poemas, Evora: Universidade de Evora, 1982.
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- 1.J. Mattock, « Reconsideration of the " Abduniyya"», in: Actas delXII Congreso de la UEAI, Mâlaga 1984, Madrid, Instituto Hispanodrabe de Cultura, 1986, p. 537-558.
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