Abd al-Jalil ibn Wahbun


Abu Mohammed Abd al-Jalil ibn Wahbun better known as simply Ibn Wahbun, was a poet from Al Andalus in the 11th century. He made his career at the court of Al-Mutamid in Sevilla and the Almoravid court in Marrakesh. He was born in Murcia ca. 1039/1049. He was murdered by Christian raiders on the road from Lorca to Murcia in 1087. One of his poems is the famous ode to the battle of Zalaca.