Ziryab
9th-century Arabic poet and musician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Abu l-Hasan 'Ali Ibn Nafi', better known as Ziryab, Zeryab, or Zaryab (c. 789–c. 857)[2] (Arabic: أبو الحسن علي ابن نافع, زریاب), was a singer, oud and lute player, composer, poet, and teacher who lived and worked in what is now Iraq, Northern Africa and Andalusia during the medieval Islamic period. He was also a polymath, with knowledge in astronomy, geography, meteorology, Botanics, cosmetics, culinary art and fashion.
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"زرياب" أبو الحسن علي بن نافع | |
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Born | Abu l-Hasan 'Ali Ibn Nafi c. 789 In the area of modern day Iraq, possibly Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate[1] |
Died | c. 27 January 857 (aged 67–68) Córdoba, Emirate of Córdoba |
Occupation | linguist, geographer, poet, chemist, musician, singer astronomer, gastronomist, etiquette and fashion advisor |
His nickname "Ziryab", comes from the Persian word for jay-bird زرياب,[3] pronounced "Zaryāb". He was also known as Mirlo ('blackbird') in Spanish.[2] He was active at the Umayyad court of Córdoba in Islamic Iberia. He first achieved fame at the Abbasid court in Baghdad, his birthplace, as a performer and student of the musician and composer Ibrahim al-Mawsili.
Ziryab was a gifted pupil of Ibrahim al-Mawsili in Baghdad, where Ziryab got his beginner lessons. However, he left Baghdad during the reign of the Abbasid caliph al-Ma'mun and moved to Córdoba, where he was accepted as a court musician in the court of Abd ar-Rahman II of the Umayyad Dynasty.