Ibn Sanāʾ al-Mulk explained

Abu ’l-Qāsim Hibat Allāh b. Abī ’l-Faḍl Jaʿfar b. al-Muʿtamid, known as Ibn Sanāʾ al-Mulk, was a 12th-century Egyptian qāḍi, poet, scholar interested in the Andalusi muwaššaḥ.^[1] He published Dār aṭ-ṭirāz fī ʿamal al-muwas̲h̲s̲h̲aḥāt, an anthology containing 34 Andalusi and Maghribi muwaššaḥat, his theory of the genre, as well as 35 of his own muwaššaḥat. He was also the first person in the Mashriq to compose muwaššaḥat, writing some kharjas with Persian words.

Dar at-Tiraz

Ibn Sanāʾ al-Mulk's book on the muwaššaḥ, Dār aṭ-ṭirāz fī ʿamal al-muwas̲h̲s̲h̲aḥāt, is regarded as the most complete contemporary description of the genre.^{[2] [3]} It notably described the muwaššaḥ as a poetic form and a musical form, making it an important text for the history of Andalusi classical music.

Dar at-Tiraz was published in a modern edition by the Syrian scholar in 1949.

Notes and References

1. Book: Reynolds, Dwight . Medieval Arab Music and Musicians: Three Translated Texts . 2022-01-01 . BRILL . 978-90-04-50151-5 . 10.1163/9789004501546.
2. Book: Zwartjes, Otto . Love Songs from Al-Andalus: History, Structure, and Meaning of the Kharja . 1997 . BRILL . 978-90-04-10694-9 . en.
3. Reynolds, Dwight. “Music.” Chapter. In The Literature of Al-Andalus, edited by María Rosa Menocal, Raymond P. Scheindlin, and Michael Sells, 60–82. The Cambridge History of Arabic Literature. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000.