1095
Usama ibn Munqidh, Muslim poet, author and faris (Knight) (died 1188)
Usama ibn Munqidh, Muslim poet, author and faris (Knight) (died 1188)
Usama ibn Munqidh, Muslim poet, author and faris (Knight) (died 1188)
Usama ibn Munqidh
Banu Munqidh poet and historian
- Born
- 1095
Majd ad-Dīn Usāma ibn Murshid ibn ʿAlī ibn Munqidh al-Kināni al-Kalbī or Ibn Munqidh was a medieval Arab Muslim poet, author, faris (knight), and diplomat from the Banu Munqidh dynasty of Shaizar in northern Syria. His life coincided with the rise of several medieval Muslim dynasties, the arrival of the First Crusade, and the establishment of the crusader states.