Ibn Sanāʾ al-Mulk
Abu ’l-Qāsim Hibat Allāh b. Abī ’l-Faḍl Jaʿfar b. al-Muʿtamid (Arabic: أبو القاسم هبة الله بن أبي الفضل جعفر بن المعتمد), known as Ibn Sanāʾ al-Mulk (ابن سناء الملك), was a 12th-century Egyptian qāḍi, poet, scholar interested in the Andalusi muwaššaḥ.[1][2] He published Dār aṭ-ṭirāz fī ʿamal al-muwas̲h̲s̲h̲aḥāt (دار الطراز في عمل الموشحات), an anthology containing 34 Andalusi and Maghribi muwaššaḥat, his theory of the genre, as well as 35 of his own muwaššaḥat.[1] He was also the first person in the Mashriq to compose muwaššaḥat, writing some kharjas with Persian words.[1]
Dar at-Tiraz[edit]
Ibn Sanāʾ al-Mulk's book on the muwaššaḥ, Dār aṭ-ṭirāz fī ʿamal al-muwas̲h̲s̲h̲aḥāt (دار الطراز في عمل الموشحات), is regarded as the most complete contemporary description of the genre.[3][4] It notably described the muwaššaḥ as a poetic form and a musical form, making it an important text for the history of Andalusi classical music.[4]
Dar at-Tiraz was published in a modern edition by the Syrian scholar Jawdat Rikabi in 1949.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Ed (2012-04-24), "Ibn Sanāʾ al-Mulk", Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, Brill, doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_sim_3358, retrieved 2024-02-24
- ^ Reynolds, Dwight (2022-01-01). Medieval Arab Music and Musicians: Three Translated Texts. BRILL. doi:10.1163/9789004501546. ISBN 978-90-04-50151-5.
- ^ Zwartjes, Otto (1997). Love Songs from Al-Andalus: History, Structure, and Meaning of the Kharja. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-10694-9.
- ^ a b Reynolds, Dwight. “Music.” Chapter. In The Literature of Al-Andalus, edited by María Rosa Menocal, Raymond P. Scheindlin, and Michael Sells, 60–82. The Cambridge History of Arabic Literature. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000.