Ibn Ma'tuq al-Musawi
| Full Name | Shahab al-Din b. Sa'id al-Musawi al-Huwayzi |
|---|---|
| Birth | 1025/1616-17 |
| Death | 1087/1676-77 |
| Known for | Shi'a Poet |
Shahāb al-Dīn b. Saʿīd al-Mūsawī al-Ḥuwayzī (b. 1025/1616-17 – d. 1087/1676-77), known as Ibn Maʿtūq al-Mūsawī (Arabic: ابن معتوق الموسوي), was a Shi'a poet from Khuzestan. He is primarily known for composing panegyrics in praise of the Ahl al-Bayt (a), particularly Imam Ali (a), Imam al-Hasan (a), and Imam al-Husayn (a).[1] His Dīwān (anthology) consists of 52 panegyrics, 4 elegies, and several other short pieces.[2] Among these, only two qasidas are in praise of Prophet Muhammad (s), one qasida in praise of Imam Ali (a), and one qasida in elegy of Imam al-Husayn (a) (composed in Muharram 1082/1671).[3] Some researchers suggest that his other panegyrics regarding the Shi'a Imams have been lost.[4]
Ibn Ma'tuq composed poems in praise of the family of Sayyid 'Ali Khan, for religious and national occasions (Nowruz, Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha), and to congratulate them on their victories over the Arabs.[5] He occasionally sent his poems to governors in other cities.[6]
Ibn Maʿtūq's poetry is renowned even among Sunni Arabs due to its subtlety and beauty. His Dawan was compiled by his son under the order of Sayyid 'Ali Khan[7] and has been printed multiple times in Egypt, Beirut, Alexandria, and Najaf.
Ibn Ma'tuq was raised in Basra.[8] He was interested in poetry from his youth and possessed a fluent nature and strong poetic taste; however, he did not compile his poems until around 1055/1645.[9] In that year, he joined Sayyid 'Ali Khan, the Safavid governor of Basra.[10]
Notes
- ↑ Amīnī, *Aʿlām al-Ḥuwayza*, p. 8; Hāshimī, *Jawāhir al-adab*, p. 470; Iskandarī, *Al-Wasīṭ*, p. 316; See: Ibn Maʿtūq, *Dīwān shiʿr*, p. 16.
- ↑ See: Ibn Maʿtūq, *Dīwān shiʿr*, various pages.
- ↑ See: Ibn Maʿtūq, *Dīwān shiʿr*, pp. 6-19, 213-216, and various pages.
- ↑ Maʿtūq b. Shahāb al-Dīn, "Muqaddima", p. 3.
- ↑ Ibn Maʿtūq, *Dīwān shiʿr*, pp. 86, 106, 134, 143, 208, and various pages.
- ↑ See: Ibn Maʿtūq, *Dīwān shiʿr*, p. 207.
- ↑ Maʿtūq b. Shahāb al-Dīn, "Muqaddima", p. 5.
- ↑ Amīnī, *Al-Ghadīr*, vol. 11, p. 316; Hāshimī, *Jawāhir al-adab*, p. 469; Iskandarī, *Al-Wasīṭ*, p. 315.
- ↑ Maʿtūq b. Shahāb al-Dīn, "Muqaddima", p. 3; Ibn Maʿtūq, *Dīwān shiʿr*, p. 26.
- ↑ Hāshimī, *Jawāhir al-adab*, p. 469.
References
- Amīn, Sayyid Muḥsin al-. Aʿyān al-Shīʿa. Editor: Ḥasan al-Amīn. Beirut, Dār al-Taʿāruf, 1403 AH/1983.
- Amīnī, ʿAbd al-Ḥusayn al-. Al-Ghadīr fī l-kitāb wa l-sunna wa l-adab. Editor: Ḥasan Īrānī. Beirut, Dār al-Kitāb al-ʿArabī, 1387 AH/1967.
- Amīnī, M. Aʿlām al-Ḥuwayza. Tehran, 1404 AH.
- Hāshimī, Aḥmad al-. Jawāhir al-adab fī adabīyāt wa inshāʾ lughat al-ʿarab. Beirut, Muʾassasat al-Maʿārif, 1398 AH/1978.
- Ibn Maʿtūq, Shahāb al-Dīn. Dīwān shiʿr. Editor: Saʿīd Shartūnī. Beirut, 1885.
- Iskandarī, Aḥmad & Muṣṭafā Ghanānī. Al-Wasīṭ fī l-adab al-ʿarabī wa tārīkhih. Cairo, 1916.
- Maʿtūq b. Shahāb al-Dīn. "Muqaddima bar Dīwān Ibn Maʿtūq" [Introduction to the Diwan of Ibn Ma'tuq].
External Links
- Diwan of Ibn Ma'tuq (Arabic PDF)