Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary (Volume 3, PT. 1)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1845. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... (39) See the anecdote to which the poet makes allusion in Pococke's Specimen. Hist. Ar. p. 68; Fleischer's Ilistnria Anteislamica, p. 123; Rasmussen's Additamenta, p. 2; and Freytag's Meidani, t. I. p. 424; especially the two last. (40) He means Jarlr the poet, who was a favorite with the khalif Abd al-Malik Ibn Marwan. See vol. I. page 297. (41) The phrase is borrowed from the notice on al-Motamid by Ibn KhakAn. (42) Literally: Lakhmite pride. The Abbad family drew its descent from the progenitor of the tribe of Lakhm. (43) See an account of this fabulous city in Lane's translation of the Arabian NighU, vol. H. p. 342. (44) In the MS. the verse runs thus: U- DEGREESj UiliMj LL-. The poet here indicates the points in which the young prince resembled pearls; first, by his family, who were the pearls of the age; secondly, by the elegance of his discourse, the expressions he made use of being the pearls of the language; and thirdly, by his teeth, which appeared, when he smiled, like two rows of pearls. (45) See Gayangos's History of the Mohammedan dynasties in Spain, vol. II. p 258, and Appendix, p. xlvii. AL-MOTASIM IBN SUMADIH. Abu Yahya Muhammad Ibn Maan Ibn Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Ibn Sumadih, surnamed al-Motasim at-Tujibi (1), was sovereign of al-Mariya (Almeria), Bajjana (Pec/iina and as-Sumadihiya (2 cities in Spain. His grandfather Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Ibn Sumadih possessed the city and district of Washka (Huesca in the days of al-Muwaiyad Hisham Ibn al-Hakam, the Omaiyide prince of whom mention has been made in the life of al-Motamid Ibn Abbad (vol. HI. page 187 . Being attacked and defeated by his cousin Mundir Ibn Yahya at-Tujibi, and unable to resist the numerous troops of his adversary, he took to flight, and, having abandoned Huesca, he remained w