Abū al-Ḥasan al-Shushtarī ابو الحسن الششتري | |
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Abu-al-Hasan Ali ben Abdallah al-Nuymari as-Shushtari ( Arabic: ابو الحسن الششتري) or Al-Sustari (1212 in Exfiliana, near Guadix – 1269 in Damietta [1]) was an Andalusian- Arab Sufi Sheikh, philosopher, jurist, and poet. [2] He is best known by posterity for his poetry, which was designed to be sung in songs employing simple monorhymes to praise God with everyday musical idiom, [3] which won wide recognition beyond the hundreds of disciples in his own Shushtariyya brotherhood. [4]
Many verses of al-Shushtari's poetry (62 short poems called "Tawshih") were identified in the classical Andalusian music that is today sung in North Africa as well as other parts of the Middle East.[ citation needed] In the Mashriq (the orient), he is remembered today for his poem A little sheikh from the land of Meknes (Arabic شويخ من أرض مكناس, "Shwiyikh min ardi Meknes") a song which retains huge popularity to this day.[ citation needed]
Abū al-Ḥasan al-Shushtarī ابو الحسن الششتري | |
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School | Sab'iniyya- Shushtariyya (absorbed into Shadhiliyya after his death) |
Part of
a series on
Islam Sufism |
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Islam portal |
Abu-al-Hasan Ali ben Abdallah al-Nuymari as-Shushtari ( Arabic: ابو الحسن الششتري) or Al-Sustari (1212 in Exfiliana, near Guadix – 1269 in Damietta [1]) was an Andalusian- Arab Sufi Sheikh, philosopher, jurist, and poet. [2] He is best known by posterity for his poetry, which was designed to be sung in songs employing simple monorhymes to praise God with everyday musical idiom, [3] which won wide recognition beyond the hundreds of disciples in his own Shushtariyya brotherhood. [4]
Many verses of al-Shushtari's poetry (62 short poems called "Tawshih") were identified in the classical Andalusian music that is today sung in North Africa as well as other parts of the Middle East.[ citation needed] In the Mashriq (the orient), he is remembered today for his poem A little sheikh from the land of Meknes (Arabic شويخ من أرض مكناس, "Shwiyikh min ardi Meknes") a song which retains huge popularity to this day.[ citation needed]