Diwan ibn zaydun biography

Session 9 - Ibn Zaydoun Session - Cordoba 2004 

"Ali bin Al-Muqarrab Laayouni Session: Research Papers and Proceedings"

prepared by Dr. Adnan Jabir

"Selected Articles on Andalusia During the Last Decade of the Twentieth Century (in Spanish)"

prepared by Dr. Jose Ramirez del Rio

"Selected Translations to Spanish from ‘Albabtain Encyclopedia of Contemporary Arab Poets - Biographies and Poems of 101 Poets"

translated and introduced by Dr. Mahmoud Al-Sayed Ali

"Poetry in the Nasri Kingdom of Granada 1232-1492 (in Spanish)"

authored by Dr. Abdullah Hammadi

"Andalusia in the Contemporary Arab Poems - Selections"

selected and introduced by Dr. Abdulrazzaq Hussien, reviewed by Dr. Abdulaziz Gomaa and Mahmoud al-Bajjali

"Andalusia in Contemporary Arabic Poetry"

by Dr. Abdelrazzaq Hussein, reviewed by Dr. Abdulaziz Gomaa and Mahmoud Al-Bajjali

"Arabic Literature in the Balearic Islands"

authored by Dr. Abdulrazzaq Hussien, reviewed by Sidi Wald al-Amjaad and Dr. Abdulaziz

IBN ZAYDUN HIS LIFE AND HIS SERVICES IN PROSE AND POETRY

Abstract

Abu Alwalid Ahmad bin Abdullah bin Ahmad bin Ghalib bin Zaydun Al-Makhzumi known as Ibn Zaydun was a famous Arab poet of Cordoba and Seville. He was born in 1003 in Cordoba to an aristocratic Arab family of the tribe of Makhzum. He grew up during the decline of the Umayyad caliphate and got involved in the political life of his age. His romantic and literary life was dominated by his relations with the poet Wallada bint Al-Mustakfi, the daughter of the Umayyad caliph Muhammad bin Abdur Rahman known as Al-Mustakfi of Cordoba.He became the Governor in the time of Abi Al-Walid and was the Ambassador of the caliph. He wrote many poems in different topics, all are famous for its uniqueness and he also wrote many letters as “Hazaliya, Jiddiya” seeking mercy and forgiveness from the caliph. These letters have great value and place in Arabic literature.  In the last of his age he left Cordoba and went to Seville with Abbad 2nd of Seville and his son Al-Mutamid. He was able to return home for a period after the ruler

Sensory, Aesthetic and Social Dimensions of Women in Diwan Ibn Zaydun

Authors

  • Zahir Badar Al Ghusaini College of Arts and Social Sciences - Sultan Qaboos University- Oman

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36317/kaj/2024/v1.i59.13186

Keywords:

Ibn Zaydoun, descriptive dimension, aesthetic-sensory dimension, relative social dimension, Andalus, Arab woman

Abstract

This study aims, through the analytical approach, to explore the sensory, aesthetic and social dimensions of women in Ibn Zaydoun’s Diwan, as well as discovering the image of women in his Diwan. This Andalusian poet had his own experiences with women, which made him reflecting women in brilliant images in his poems. This study will attempt at providing a systematic analysis that would reveal an eternal and ancient love between Ibn Zaydun and his love Wallada. It will try to reveal the historical and literary components of this love hidden in the literary b

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