Diwan of Ibn Hani Author: Ibn Hani Publisher: Dar Sader Number of pages: 390 Muhammad ibn Hani ibn Muhammad ibn Sadun Al-Azdi Al-Andalusi, Abu Al-Qasim, his lineage connects to Al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra. He is considered the greatest poet of the Moroccans, and he is to them like Al-Mutanabbi to the people of the East, and they were contemporaries. He was born in Seville and was favored by its ruler (whose name is not mentioned in the sources), but its people accused him of the philosophy of the philosophers. A prominent Ismaili tendency also appeared in his poetry; they spoke ill of their king because of him, which led the king to advise him to go into hiding, so he traveled to Ifriqiya and Algeria. He later connected with Al-Muizz Al-Ubaydi (Ma'ad ibn Ismail), and stayed with him in "Al-Mansuriya" near Kairouan for a short period. When Al-Muizz traveled to Egypt after its conquest by his commander Jawhar, Ibn Hani accompanied him, then returned to Seville, took his family, and later headed to Egypt with Al-Muizz. However, he was assassinated treacherously when he reached "Barqa". He has a printed "Diwan of Poetry", which Dr. Zahid Ali explained in a book called "Tabyin Al-Ma'ani fi Sharh Diwan Ibn Hani" (printed), and he also translated it into English.