Al-Fath ibn Khaqan

Who was Al-Fath ibn Khaqan?

Al-Fath Ibn Khaqan was a well-known writer from al-Andalus. Al-Kaysi means: member of the tribe of Kais, al-Isbili: native of Sevilla. He is the author of "Qalaid Al-iqyan" a biography of Andalusian poets who were his contemporaries with examples of their poems. His other best known work is "mathmah al anfus wa masrah at ta'annus fi mulah ahl al-Andalus". The works are written in rhymed prose full of metaphorical expressions and are an excellent source of information about the apogee of Andalusian letters.

The life of Ibn Khaqan is described in As-sadfi's 'Al-wafi fi-l-wafiyat'