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In the eleventh century, as Muslim sovereignty in the Western Mediterranean was eroded by both internal divisions and external attacks, Sicily fell to the Normans. At the same time, al-Andalus fragmented into a series of small kingdoms that were then picked off by powerful conquerors. Against this backdrop, Arabic poets made use of their craft to try and explain the changes in their world. Among them were the Andalusian Abū Ishāq and the Sicilian Ibn Hamdīs, both of whom wrote vividly about their own ageing and mortality, as well as about the broader twilight of the worlds they knew. Taking these two protagonists as its starting point, this extraordinary volume explores how Abū Ishāq and Ibn Hamdīs, despite their different locations, both made use of poetry. For them, it was a tool to confront their mortality, lament their own physical decay, and appeal to their age and experience, as well as a way of juxtaposing their concerns with the political and social dismemberment of their wider societies and the need for a restoration of world order. The result is also a broader discussion of the relationship between poetry and politics in Maghribī Islam, and a reminder of poetry’s importance as a medium to engage with the world.

Arabic poetry --- Aging in literature --- History and criticism --- Abū Isḥāq al-Ilbīrī, Ibrāhīm ibn Masʻūd --- Ibn Ḥamdīs, ʻAbd al-Jabbār ibn Abī Bakr --- Ilbīrī, Ibrāhīm Ibn-Masʿūd al --- -Ibn-Ḥamdīs, ʿAbd-al-Ǧabbār Ibn-Abī-Bakr --- Criticism and interpretation --- Abū Isḥāq al-Ilbīrī, Ibrāhīm ibn Masʻūd, --- Ibn Ḥamdīs, ʻAbd al-Jabbār ibn Abī Bakr, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Abū Isḥāq al-Ilbīrī, Ibrāhīm ibn Masʻūd --- Ibn Ḥamdīs, ʻAbd al-Jabbār ibn Abī Bakr --- Ilbīrī, Ibrāhīm Ibn-Masʿūd al --- -Ibn-Ḥamdīs, ʿAbd-al-Ǧabbār Ibn-Abī-Bakr

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This book explores a millennium of literary exchanges among the peoples of the Maghrib, or westernmost strongholds of medieval Islam. In the seventh century, Muslim expansion into the western Mediterranean initiated a new phase in the layering of heterogeneous peoples and languages in this contact zone: Arabs and Berbers, Christians and Jews, Sunnī and Shīʿa Muslims, Greeks and Latins all helped shape identities, hybrid genealogies of knowledge, and political alliances. These essays excavate the literary artefacts produced in these times of turmoil, offering new perspectives on the intellectual networks and traditions that proved instrumental in overcoming the often traumatic transitions among political and/or religious regimes.

History --- Multilingualism and literature. --- Sicily (Italy) --- Iberian Peninsula --- North African literature --- Literatures --- History and criticism.

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