| Ibn al-Zaqqaq | |
| Birth Name: | Ali ibn Attiya ibn al-Zaqqaq |
| Birth Date: | c. 1100 |
| Birth Place: | Valencia, Al-Andalus (now Spain) |
| Death Date: | 1133 or 1134 |
| Occupation: | Poet |
| Language: | Arabic |
| Nationality: | Andalusian |
Ali ibn Attiya ibn al-Zaqqaq (c. 1100 Valencia - 1133 or 1134) was one of the great poets of Al-Andalus during the reign of the Almoravids.[1] He was a Muslim from Banu Lakhm. His mother was the sister of fellow Andalusian poet, Ibn Khafaja, and there is scholarly dispute regarding his father.[2] He was a disciple under philosopher Ibn Ṣîd de Badajoz.[3]
El sueño de Al-Zaqqâq by Luis Delgado is a collection of the works of Ibn Al-Zaqqaq set to music.
Literary historian Emilio García Gómez referred to al-Zaqqaq's descriptive poetry as "the dramatization of metaphor".[4]