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princes for over a quarter of a century and gained a reputation as a diplomat, poet and historian. He enjoyed wine, women and song, and in fact wrote treatises on each of those subjects. His work on the enjoyment of wine
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display the refinement expected of someone like al-Raqiq. There are also anachronisms. Nevertheless, many modern historians quote the work as being of al-Raqiq when forced to use it from lack of other sources.
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Talbi, Mohammed. (1971). 'Un nouveau fragment de l'histoire de l'Occident musulman (62-196/682-812) : l'épopée d'al Kahina'.
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has preserved some of his poems. The following is a few lines from one:
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Idris, Hady Roger (1970). 'Note sur Ibn al-Raqīq (ou al-Raqīq)'.
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Morning from evening, without ever waking from drunkenness!
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