Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary

Abd al-Malik Abd Allah Ibn Abd Allah Muhammad Abû Abd Allah Abû Bakr Abû Hanîfa Abû l-Hasan Abû l-Kâsim ad-Dawlat ad-Dîn Ahmad Ibn al-Azîz al-Farazdak al-Mansûr al-Moizz al-Mubarrad al-Mutanabbi al-Mutawakkil Aleppo anecdotes Arabic asked Baghdad Basra Berbers Cairo composed Damascus death died A. H. dirhems diwân Egypt emir eyes father favour following lines Hajji Khalifa heart Ibn Abd Ibn Ahmad Ibn Duraid Ibn Muhammad Ibn Imâd ad-Dîn imâm Jaafar Jumâda kâdi kasida khalif Khorâsân Kitâb Korân Kûfa l-Abbâs learned letter Maan Mahmûd Mâlik Mansûr Marwân Masûd mawla Mekka mentioned month Moslims mosque Mosul Muhammad Ibn Muharram Mûsa Nasr native never Obaid Omar person piece poems poet poetry praise prince Rabî Ramadân received recited replied says shaikh signifies sovereign sultan surnamed Syria talent thee thou took traditionist Traditions treatise tribe verses vizir whilst word Yahya Yûsuf