El-Huni, Ali A. (1996) The poetry of Ibn al-Rùmī.

El-Huni, Ali A. (1996) The poetry of Ibn al-R?m. PhD thesis



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The Poetry of Ibn al-Rumi

by

ALI A. EI-HUNI

A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy

to the University of Glasgow. Supervisor: Professor John N. Mattock Faculty of Arts, Department of Arabic.

May 1996

(f) ALI A .EI-HUNI, may, 1996.

The Poetry of Ibn al-Rumi

For my Mother Farimah, My wife Hamldah And my sons:

Abdulmuttalib,Muhammad,Abduliah.

Acknowledgement

I would like to express my gratitude to my supervisor Pofessor John N. Mattock who has given me throughout my years of research friendly guidance and unfailing encouragement. He carefully read my material and made many suggestions.

I am also grateful to Dr. James E. Montgmery for his thorough reading of my work and for his insights and strict criticisms.

ABSTRACT

Early Arab writers have little to say about Ibn al-Rumi and his poetry. His life and his poetry are, indeed, different from early Arabic poets and poetry in general. Those who have written on Ibn al-Rumi have covered neither the whole of his life nor the whole of his works. There are, consequently, in my opinion, many aspects of his life and poetry which need to be studied.

I have approached Ibn al-Rumi's life through his poetry and have used this as my primary source, attempting to see the relevance of his poetry to his life and hopefully, the relevance of his life to his poetry.

I have not devoted a separate chapter to the period during which Ibn al-Rumi lived and wrote; I have attempted to study this period through Ibn al-Rumi's poetry and life.

This thesis consists of an Abstract, a short introductory notice, three chapters and a brief summation. My main concern has been to

translate the poetry into English and to assist it to speak in its own voice, adding notes and comments only when strictly necessary.

In the first chapter (one) Ibn al-Rumi's ancestry, education and emotionally fraught life are studied, as well as his relationship with Caliphs and princes, his intellectual and physical mala,ise, his effeminacy and the milieu in which he lived.

In chapter two; I study Istigsa' before Ibn al-Rumi and his poetry, Tashkhis, his quotations form al-Qur'iill and from the Jahli and 'Abbasid poetry. His relationship with the other poets of his period and the role played by the realm of the senses in his Dlwful,

Chapter three is a study of the genres: panegyrics, lampoons, elegies and love poetry.

The work ends with a short summary of the principal findings of this study of Ibn al-Rumi through his poetry.

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. ............................................................................ iv INTRODUCTORY NOTiCE..............................,.......................................... 1

His Life ....................................................................................................... 4 His Education ............................................................................................. 5

His Family........................................................................................... 7 His Father ........................................................................................... 7 His Mother .......................................................................................... 9 His brother ........................................................................................ 11 His son .............................................................................................. 13 Why the early Arab biographies omit Ibn al-Rumi............................... 16 The reasons why Ibn al-Rumi did not compose Madih on the Caliphs and the Leaders of the Turks ............................................................... 24 Temperament ....................................................................................... 30 Sexual relations with both men and women (married and unmarried). 43 Ibn al-Rumi's Pride as a Poet ............................................................... 45 The Daily life in Baghdad in Ibn al-Rumi's poetry ................................ 47

Ibn al-Rumi's Circles of Acquaintances in his Diwall ....................... 50

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