Ibn al-Khabbaza

Abu l-Hassan ibn al-Khabbaza (died 1239) was a kadi, historian and poet active during the reign of the Almohad Sultan Abu al-Ala Idris al-Mamun (r. 1227–32) in Seville, al-Andalus and Marrakesh, Morocco. When the last sultan of this dynasty left Iberia in 1228, Al-Khabazza joined him. Al-Khabazza was also the author of poems and a bio-bibliographic work.

Poetry

A few lines from his poem entitled "The King Who Died Young":

Your life was of the order true

Of Arab eloquence:

The tale was brief, the words were few;

The meaning was immense.