Ibn Ammar

Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ammar (Arabic: أبو بكر محمد بن عمار, DMG Abū Bakr Muḥammad b ʿ ammar, .. / Span port also Abenamar. ) (* 1031 in Silves, † 1086 in Seville) was an Arab poet and statesman in Andalusia.

Life

The rise of Muhammad ibn Ammar began under the ' Abbadids al - Mu'tadid (1042-1069), who promoted him as a poet in Seville. However, he was sent into exile when he (1069-1091) became friends with the heir al - Mu'tamid. He first went to Saragossa at the Hudiden, but was recalled to the seizure of power by al - Mu'tamid according Sevilla and appointed minister. He succeeded in temporarily to avert the threat of Castile and steer against the Zirids. He also used his position to force through the banishment of his rival Ibn Zaidun.

To break with al - Mu'tamid came when Ibn ' Ammar subjected to a campaign of Murcia and aufführte there as an independent ruler. After he was driven by an uprising, he fell into captivity in 1084 and was delivered to al - Mu'tamid. Ibn ' Ammar was killed in prison in 1086.