Abu al-Baqa ar-Rundi explained

Abu Muhammad Salih b. Abi Sharif ar-Rundi (; 1204–1285^[1]) or Abu-l-Tayyib/ Abu-l-Baqa Salih b. Sharif al-Rundi^[2] was a poet, writer, and literary critic from al-Andalus who wrote in Arabic.^[3] His fame is based on his nuniyya entitled "" Rithaa' ul-Andalus (Elegy for al-Andalus), a poem mourning the Catholic invasion and conquest of al-Andalus.

Biography

He was born in Sevilla in 1204 and fled that town in 1248 and lived in Ceuta until his death in 1285.^[4] ar-Rundi wrote a handbook on poetry entitled al-Wafi fi Natham al-Qawafi .^[5]

Sources

• Maya Shatzmiller, L'historiographie Mérinide. Ibn Khaldun et ses contemporains, Leiden, 1982
• Abd Allah Kanun, Abu l-Baqa al-Rundi
  • Zubair Mohammad Ehsanul Hoque, Elegy for lost kingdoms and ruined cities in Hispano-Arabic poetry article, 2007

External links

• Lament for the Fall of Seville (1267), by Abu al-Baqa al-Rundi English translation with footnotes by James T. Monroe http://www.muslimphilosophy.com/ip/abubaqa.htm
• Performance of Qasida by Al-Rundi (YouTube) http://andalusianica.blogspot.com/2010/05/kasyda-al-rundiego.html

(retrieved, 23-11-2010)

Notes and References

1. Ebied . R. Y. . Young . M. J. L. . January 1976 . ABŪ‘L-BAQĀ’ AL-RUNDĪ AND HIS ELEGY ON MUSLIM SPAIN . The Muslim World . en . 66 . 1 . 29–34 . 10.1111/j.1478-1913.1976.tb03183.x . 0027-4909.
2. Web site: ترجمة أي الطيب الرُّندي صاحب مرثية الأندلس . 2023-05-21 . saaid.org.
3. Web site: الدحيلان. عبدالمحسن. 2018-05-04. مرثية أبي البقاء الرندي في رثاء الأندلس. 2020-06-17. alyaum. Arabic.
4. Book: Rothenberg, Jerome. Poems for the Millennium, Volume Four: The University of California Book of North African Literature. Joris. Pierre. Robinson. Jeffrey Cane. Tengour. Habib. 1995. University of California Press. 978-0-520-27385-6. en.
5. Book: الرندي, ق. 7 هـ. الوافي في نظم القوافي. [s.n.]. 929527481.