Ibn Nubata

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Ibn Nubata ( Arabic ابن نباتة, DMG Ibn Nubāta ; * April 1287 in Cairo ; † October 13, 1366 ibid) - with full nameجمال الدين / شهاب الدين محمد بن محمد بن محمد بن الحسن نباتة الفارقي الحذاقي المصري, Ǧamāl ad-Dīn / Šihāb ad-Dīn Muḥammad b. Muḥammad b. Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Fāriqī al-Ḥuḏāqī al-Miṣrī - was an Arab poet and intellectual of the Mamluk period . He is best known for his poetry, but he also wrote prose. Most of his works have not been edited or not critically edited to this day. Research into Ibn Nubata's work is still in its infancy.

Ibn Nubata was the son of a hadith scholar . Already in his youth he was interested in poetry and began to write short poems himself. In 1316 he left Cairo and went to Damascus . He lived there, interrupted by short stays in Hama and Aleppo until 1360. Then the Sultan an-Nasir al-Hasan called him back to Cairo. There, in the grave hospital of al-Mansur Qalawun , Ibn Nubata died on October 13, 1366 (7th Safar 768 H ).

Research work

A project planned for 12 years in 2020 and budgeted at € 5.9 million by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft is to create Ibn Nubata's first complete literary work; directed by Professor of Islamic Studies and Arabic Studies Thomas Bauer . In addition to the literary aspect, it should also be shown that in Islam, politics and religion were not so closely interwoven as today's image of Islam suggests: Ibn Nubata's rulers' advisor to a prince is purely Machhiavellian - around 100 years ago The prince - in which he recommends to the prince not to take care of the salvation of his subjects' soul, not to act religiously, not particularly strictly Islamic, but to act wisely, cleverly and assertively.

Quote

  • " Ibn Nubata was one of the greatest masters of language, his poems are of unbelievable linguistic sophistication, he plays with ambiguities and the sound of language, uses leitmotifs that run through his poems and appear in ever new contexts ." - Thomas Bauer

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Ibn Nubātah: 5.9 million euros for research on an Arab poet. Deutschlandfunk Kultur - Conclusion, March 8, 2020, accessed on March 9, 2020 (German).

literature

  • Thomas Bauer : Communication and Emotion. The case of Ibn Nubātah's “Kindertotenlieder” . In: Mamlūk Studies Review . 7, 2003, pp. 49-95. ( online , PDF, 34.69 MB)
  • Thomas Bauer: Ibn Nubātah al-Misrī (686–768 / 1287–1366). Life and Works . Part I: The Life of Ibn Nubātah . In: Mamlūk Studies Review January 12, 2008, pp. 1–35. ( online , PDF, 1.22 MB)
  • Thomas Bauer: Ibn Nubatah al-Misri (686–768 / 1287–1366). Life and Works . Part II: The Diwan of Ibn Nubatah . In: Mamlūk Studies Review February 12, 2008.
  • Carl Brockelmann: History of Arabic Literature . Brill, Leiden 1996, ISBN 90-04-10407-0 , I, p. 11f, II, p. 4.
personal data
SURNAME Ibn Nubata
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Arab poet
DATE OF BIRTH April 1287
PLACE OF BIRTH Cairo
DATE OF DEATH October 13, 1366
Place of death Cairo