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Ibn Sahl of Seville

Andalusian Moorish poet

Field	Value
name	Ibn Sahl of Seville
birth_date	1212
birth_place	Seville, Al-Andalus
death_date	1251
occupation	Poet
nationality	Andalusian
notableworks	Diwan of Ibn Sahl

Ibn Sahl (, Abu Ishaq Ibrahim Ibn Sahl al-Isra'ili al-Ishbili) of Seville (1212–1251) is considered one of the greatest Andalusi poets of the 13th century. He was a Jewish convert to Islam.

The diwan of Ibn Sahl contains the most refined examples of Andalusian poetry, almost exclusively love poetry and muwashshahat. Mostly known for his love poetry in muwashshah form, Ibn Sahl's two young male lover addressees, Mûsâ ibn ʿAbd al-Ṣamad and Muḥammad, are thought by some to represent the two religions that played important roles in his life, his original Judaism and the Islam to which he converted. Others hold that the youths were historical individuals.

The Moroccan author Mohammed al-Ifrani (1670–1747) wrote a biography of Ibn Sahl.

References

Arie Schippers "Humorous approach of the divine in the poetry of Al-Andalous, the case of Ibn Sahl" In: Gert Borg, Ed de Moor (ed.) Representations of the Divine in Arabic Poetry, Amsterdam, Atlanta 2001

References

"Humorous Approach of the Divine in the Poetry of al-Andalus" by Arie Schippers in ''Representations of the divine in Arabic poetry'' By Gert Borg, Ed de Moor; p119
"Humorous Approach of the Divine in the Poetry of al-Andalus" by Arie Schippers in ''Representations of the divine in Arabic poetry'' By Gert Borg, Ed de Moor; p129
Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature By Julie Scott Meisami, Paul Starkey; p367

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