Abu al-Hasan al-Balnubi | |
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Born | Villanova, Emirate of Sicily |
Died | 1100s |
Citizenship | Emirate of Sicily Egyptian Fatimid Caliphate |
Occupation(s) | Poet, teacher, writer |
Abu al-Hasan Ali bin Abd al-Rahman bin Abi al-Bashaer al-Siqilli (Egyptian Arabic: أبو الحسن علي بن عبد الرحمن بن أبي البشائر الصِّقلي), also known as Ibn Abi al-Bishr al-Siqilli (ابن أبي البشر الصقلي), was an Egyptian Arab Sicilian poet of the eleventh century AD / fifth AH, who lived most of his life in Fatimid Egypt.[1][2]