Ibn al-Khabbaza


Abu l-Hassan ibn al-Khabbaza was a kadi, historian and poet active during the reign of the Almohad Sultan Abu al-Ala Idris al-Mamun in Seville, al-Andalus and Marrakesh, Morocco. When the last sultan of this dynasty left Iberia in 1228, Al-Khabazza joined him. Al-Khabazza was also the author of poems and a bio-bibliographic work.

Poetry

A few lines from his poem entitled "The King Who Died Young":
Your life was of the order true
Of Arab eloquence:
The tale was brief, the words were few;
The meaning was immense.