Abd al-Rahman al-Fazazi explained

Abd al-Rahman al-Fazazi
Birth Name:Abu Zayd Abd al-Rahman ibn Yakhlaftan ibn Ahmad al-Fazazi
Death Date:627/1230
Death Place:Fez, Morocco
Occupation:Poet, Mystic
Language:Arabic
Nationality:Moroccan
Notableworks:Al-Wasail al-Mutaqabbala

Abu Zayd Abd al-Rahman ibn Yakhlaftan ibn Ahmad al-Fazazi (died in Fez in 627/1230) was a poet and mystic.[1] He is especially well known for his Al-Wasail al-Mutaqabbala, a long poem in praise of the Islamic prophet Mohammed.[2]

Notes and References

  1. References in: Werner Diem, Marco Schöller, The Living and the Dead in Islam: Epitaphs in context, Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, 2004, p.64
  2. see GAL S I, 482