Marwan ibn Abi Hafsa
Abu'l-Simt Marwan al-Akbar ibn Sulayman ibn Yahya ibn Abi Hafsa (
Biography
Marwan belonged to what the 11th-century anthologist
Marwan was born in
His brother Idris also wrote poetry, but it was Marwan's grandson, Marwan ibn Abi'l-Janub, who was the last notable poet of the family.[2]
Assessment
Bencheikh considers Marwan "a great classical poet" and "a master of the well-turned utterance", with a "supple and lexically straightforward vocabulary" and "clear syntax" that lent themselves to striking formulations in his panegyrics.[2] According to H. Kilpatrick, he was "a master of the classical style associated with the great Umayyad panegyrists".[3]
He was meticulous in the composition and preparation of his poems, first showing them to grammarians to improve his language.
References
Sources
- Bencheikh, J.E. (1991). "Marwān al-Akbar b. Abī Ḥafṣa and Marwān al-Aṣg̲h̲ar b. Abi 'l-D̲j̲anūb". In ISBN 978-90-04-08112-3.
- Kilpatrick, H. (1998). "Marwān ibn Abī Ḥafṣa (105–c.182/723–c.798)". In Julie Scott Meisami; Paul Starkey (eds.). Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature. Vol. 2. Routledge. p. 511. ISBN 0-415-18572-6.