Ibn Zamrak

Ibn Zamrak
Born1333
Granada, Al-Andalus
Died1393
OccupationPoet, Statesman
NationalityAndalusian
Notable worksPoems decorating the Alhambra
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Ibn Zamrak (Arabic: ابن زمرك) (also Zumruk) or Abu Abduallah Muhammad ibn Yusuf ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Surayhi, (1333–1393) was an Arab[1] Andalusian poet and statesman from Granada, Al-Andalus. Some his poems still decorate the fountains and palaces of Alhambra in Granada.[2]

  1. ^ Studies in Islam: Quarterly Journal of the Indian Institute of Islamic Studies. 1968. p. 191.
  2. ^ Description in Classical Arabic Poetry:Was.f, Ekphrasis, and interarts, by Akiko Motoyoshi Sumi, Brill, 2003, p. 158

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