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Fatimid suzerainty. The embassy was given amiable reception but nothing more. On 23 April 968 C.E., Kafur died leaving Egypt open for conquest. The news reached al Muizz in al Mansuriyyah a month later. By the middle of Ramadan in the year 969 C.E., a messenger had returned to al Muizz
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lampooned him aiming to demoralize him upon his arrival to which he replied "I shall not reply to any of them unless Ali al Tunusi writes to me, for if he does I shall reply to him and no other." Hearing this, Ali replied, "I would never lampoon him even if I was the worst of all men after he has
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There is scarce information about other court poets who flourished under the patronage of the
Fatimid Caliph Imams. A large portion of their works seems to have perished in the destruction of Cairo's famed libraries which followed the collapse of the Fatimid state in c. 1171. Ibn Hani's
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Fatimid Caliph. Also, his political mentioning dramatically merges with his religious views whereby he claims that the
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by usurping and killing the Ahl al Bait for whom
Muhammad willed obedience, loyalty and allegiance and the Fatimid Imam is that very descendant who claims absolute loyalty of the Muslim world. The Fatimids believed themselves surrounded by these two and the
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Abbasid usurpers, he continued to eulogize the merits of al-Muizz and other Fatimid Imams, making known their noble aims. He thus rendered a valuable service to Fatimid propaganda through his poetry, which was widely read from Córdoba to
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on his road on
Wednesday, 30 April, c. 973 at the age of 36. Accounts of his murder differ. When al Muizz in Egypt heard of the poet's death, he lamented, "He was a man whom we hoped to rival the poets of the East, but this was not granted to us."
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Spending his childhood in a pro-Fatimid atmosphere, Ibn Hani was well versed with the
Fatimid traditions and religious traits. He was at first a courtier to the Banu Hamdun of al-Masila, the Fatimid client state founded during the reign of
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with the glad tidings that Egypt had fallen to the
Fatimids. Ibn Hani, ready on the spot, recited an ode which began thus: "The Abbasids are saying, "Has Egypt been conquered?", So say to them, "The matter has been decided!"
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before the Banu Hamdun allied themselves with the Zanata and pro-Umayyad factions. While at the Banu Hamdun, his fame spread throughout the empire owing to his incomparable odes until he was summoned by the Caliph
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Muqarnas, Volume 3: An Annual on Islamic Art and Architecture
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Ismaili literature: a bibliography of sources and studies
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3091:Alifa Rifaat
3086:Tahar Djaout
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2893:Contemporary
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2868:Jurji Zaydan
2848:Ahmed Shawqi
2793:Ameen Rihani
2642:Ibn al-Wardi
2529:al-Shushtari
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2389:Al-Rukuniyya
2336:Ibn al-Nafis
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2031:Al-Hamadani
1996:Al-Mudabbir
1963:Abbasid era
1953:al-Mufaddal
1848:Al-Farazdaq
1806:Al-Munakhal
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1686:Al-Hujayjah
1655:Pre-Islamic
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1052:متنبي الغرب
1044:of the West
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905:Alavi Bohra
887:Aga Khan IV
370:Qutbi Bohra
365:Alavi Bohra
326:Progressive
72:Nationality
43:(now Spain)
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3016:Hanna Mina
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2788:Ahmad Rida
2753:El Baroudy
2685:Al-Nabulsi
2657:al-Nafzawi
2652:Ibn Nubata
2627:Ibn Manzur
2604:Mamluk era
2589:Ibn Tufayl
2579:Ibn Jubayr
2549:Ibn Wahbun
2534:Abu Madyan
2464:Ibn Zaydún
2459:Ibn Zamrak
2449:Ibn Quzman
2434:Ibn Juzayy
2429:Ibn Bassam
2399:Ibn Hamdis
2364:Abu Ja'far
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2171:Al-Shafi'i
2106:Al-Ma'arri
2081:Ibn Duraid
1991:Abu Tammam
1766:Al-Nabigha
1492:9004076115
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1174:Qarmatians
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1019:court poet
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400:Qarmatians
289:Musta'lism
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3307:Palestine
3156:al-Sayyab
3151:Al-Bayati
2622:Al-Busiri
2569:al-Fazazi
2554:Ibn Abdun
2524:Ibn Arabi
2514:Yusuf III
2509:Yusuf III
2499:Al-Tutili
2419:Ibn Amira
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2379:Ibn Ammar
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2086:al-Zajjaj
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2011:Al-Asma'i
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1898:Al-Khansa
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1211:Cyrenaica
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1088:al-Mansūr
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754:al-Sajjad
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571:Aga Khans
506:al-Nasafi
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3250:Djibouti
2966:Said Akl
2559:Avempace
2539:al-Rundi
2519:Ibn Hazm
2454:Ibn Sahl
2424:Ibn Baqi
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1761:Mu'aqqir
1731:Al-A'sha
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1170:Abbasids
1166:Umayyads
1157:Muhammad
1153:Abbasids
1151:and the
1149:Umayyads
1138:Politics
1122:Ifriqiya
1118:Al-Muizz
1037:Umayyads
1035:and the
1033:Abbasids
1012:Andalusī
1008:Ibn Hani
808:al-Qāʾim
759:al-Baqir
618:Atashgah
410:Satpanth
395:Seveners
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221:Theology
128:Concepts
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85:Fatimids
64:Language
3337:Tunisia
3322:Somalia
3297:Morocco
3282:Lebanon
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3240:Bahrain
3235:Algeria
3011:Echebbi
2564:al-Baji
2494:Qasmuna
2356:Maghreb
2246:Al-Suli
2046:Buhturi
1203:Maghreb
1144:Fatimid
1132:Baghdad
1096:Algiers
1080:Seville
1076:Córdoba
1072:Granada
1068:Tunisia
1023:Fatimid
1021:to the
896:Taiyabi
795:Ḥusayn
732:leaders
709:Abbasid
643:Rudkhan
628:Lambsar
623:Gerdkuh
613:Alamut
603:Anjudan
592:Centers
536:Pamiris
429:Bahrayn
313:Tayyibi
271:Fasting
266:Charity
251:Walayah
149:Imamate
3342:U.A.E.
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730:Early
702:Qiyama
687:Ginans
672:Nizārī
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576:Khojas
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261:Prayer
256:Purity
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144:Ta'wil
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3347:Yemen
3332:Syria
3327:Sudan
3312:Qatar
3287:Libya
3255:Egypt
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