Ibn al-MuʿtazzʿAbbāsid caliph and poet

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• contribution to Arabic literature ( in Arabic literature: Hunt poetry )

  The caliph, poet, and critic Ibn al-Muʿtazz clearly reflects his personal interests and experience in his own contributions to the hunt poem:The trainer brought out a lithe saluki-hound that he had often used…,She snatches her prey without hesitation,Just as a mother hugs her children.

  in Arabic literature: Emerging poetics )

  ...endeavour, and two scholars made important contributions to the analysis of poetry; their works were to have a major impact on the Arabic poetic tradition for centuries. Late in the 9th century, Ibn al-Muʿtazz, who was both poet and critic (and who, as a member of the caliphal family of the ʿAbbasids, died after only one day as caliph), emulated his predecessors by assembling his own...

• “Kitāb al-badīʿ” ( in Islamic arts: The “new” style )

  ...to poetry that developed during the 9th century was first accorded scholarly discussion in the Kitāb al-badī ʿ (“Book of the Novel and Strange”) by Ibn al-Muʿtazz (died 908), caliph for one day, who laid down rules for the use of metaphors, similes, and verbal puns. The ideal of these “modern” poets was the richest possible...

  in Islamic arts: Early Islāmic criticism )

  ...first made in the late 9th century, when for the first time “beauties” and “faults” of verses were discussed and the ideals of the “new style” were defined by Ibn al-Muʿtazz in his Kitāb al-badīʿ. The relation between lafẓ (word) and maʿnā (meaning) has been a matter of some...