Al-Busiri
Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Sa'id al-Busiri al-Sanhaji | |
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The tomb of al-Busiri in Alexandria, Egypt | |
| Born | 1212 Dellys, Wilaya of Boumerdes, Algeria |
| Died | 1294 Alexandria, Egypt |
| Occupation | Poet, Sufi Mystic |
| Language | Arabic |
| Nationality | Algerian |
| Genres | Sufi Poetry |
| Notable works | Qaṣīda al-Burda (Poem of the Mantle), Al-Hamziyya |
Al-Būṣīrī (Arabic: ابو عبد الله محمد بن سعيد بن حماد الصنهاجي البوصيري, romanized: Abū ʿAbdallāh Muhammad ibn Saʿīd al-Ṣanhājī al-Būṣīrī; 1212–1294) was a Sanhaji Kabyle Sufi Sunni Muslim poet belonging to the Shadhili, and a direct disciple of the Sufi saint Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi. His magnum opus, the Qaṣīda al-Burda "Poem of the Mantle" in praise of Prophet Muhammad is one of the most popular Islamic poems of the genre. It is in Arabic, as is his other ode named "Al-Hamziyya".