Ibn Zamrak
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 Andalusian poet and statesman from Granada, Al-Andalus. Some of his poems still decorate the fountains and palaces of the Alhambra in Granada.
Ibn Zamrak
- Name
- Ibn Zamrak
- Born
- 1333
- Birthplace
- Granada, Al-Andalus
- Died
- 1393
- Occupation
- Poet, Statesman
- Nationality
- al-Andalus
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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 Andalusian poet and statesman from Granada, Al-Andalus. Some of his poems still decorate the fountains and palaces of the Alhambra in Granada.
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• Name — Ibn Zamrak • Born — 1333 • Birthplace — Granada, Al-Andalus • Died — 1393 • Occupation — Poet, Statesman • Notable Works — Poems decorating the Alhambra • Native Name — بو عبد الله محمد بن يوسف بن محمد بن أحمد الصريحي
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Ibn Zamrak is recorded as a citizen of al-Andalus. Recorded with the occupation writer. Recorded with the occupation poet.
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The full dated record · 2 entries
1333
Ibn Zamrak was born on 29 June 1333.
1390
Ibn Zamrak died at Granada.
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scholarly publication
- 40. Ibn Zamrak, Hispano-Arabic Poetry: A Student Anthology, 2004
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2004
authority file
- Gemeinsame Normdatei 11946134X, Ibn-Zamrak, Muḥammad Ibn-Yūsuf.
General reference · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q3099172: Ibn Zamrak
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- 1.Studies in Islam: Quarterly Journal of the Indian Institute of Islamic Studies. 191. 1968.
- 2.Description in Classical Arabic Poetry:Was.f, Ekphrasis, and interarts, by Akiko Motoyoshi Sumi, Brill, 2003, p. 158
Bibliography printed in the source article · 5
- "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.
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scholarly publication
40. Ibn Zamrak, Hispano-Arabic Poetry: A Student Anthology, 2004Crossref registry
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 11946134X, Ibn-Zamrak, Muḥammad Ibn-Yūsuf.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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