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THE JEWISH EN'CYCLOPEDIA
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general, and in particiilar Joseph ibn Nasriela. Badis, Ivinj; of the ISeibers, had appointed Abu Isl.iak's inllainniatoiy verses hastened, vizier. if they did not directly cause, the assassination of Jose|)h ibn Xagrela.
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ABU IS^A^ IBRAHIM IBN ZAHAB. See Ir.nAiiiM niN Zaiiai;
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Spanish-Arabic vizier of themiddleof the twelfth century mentioned in the" I)iwan"(colleelion of poems) of Moses ibn Ezra, with the title "vezir." This is the only fact known about him. but the importaneeof the position a.s.sigi)ed to him by Ibn Ezra has led to wo atlemptsat identilication. According to Steinschneider he is identical with the Aliraham ibn Meir to whom Moses dedicated his "Tarshish."' (See " Kerem llenied," iv. 'H); Griltz. "Gesch. d. Jiiden,";ided.,vi. KM); Steinschneider, "Cat. Bodl." col. 1808; "Jew. Quart. Bev. " i.. 61!t.) A p(«t, Joseph ben Meir ibn Muhajir, is supposed by Steinschneider to have been a brother of Aim Ishak("Cat. Bodl." Luzzatio supposed that he was the son col. ISO'.I). of Abu Ibrahim ibn Muha.jir. to whom Judah ha-Levi dedicated a poem ("Betulat bat Yehudali," p. 20). Abu Sulaiman = David) ibn Muhajir, pos.sibly a relative, is mentioned, together w ilh Isaac Alfasi and Judah ibn Balaam, by Moses ibn Ezra in his " Kitab al-Muhadarah " (Fi'irst's " Lileraturblatt des Orients," .. 2(i;i; Steinschneider. "Cat. Bodl." col. 1809). although Schreiner does not speak of him in his (lescrii)tion of Ibn Ezra's work (" Kev. fit. Juives," Abu Sulaiman is not to be confounded ..i. .vxii.). with David ibn llajar mentioned in "Sha'are Zedelj," as was done by Griitz, "Gesch. d. Juden," 2d ed.,
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Under tlie pressure of tlu; Almoiiade rule he embraced the Mohammedan faith, but it was believed l"i(iO.
There e.xist (Cairo, and 1885; three editions of his Beirut. 188.")). which were written in Arabic. and were edited by Hasan b. JIohanimedal'Attar.whoalso appended a biography of the poet. in which he broadly in
Spain that he recanted before he died.
works
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discussed the tiuestion of the sincerity of Ibn Sahl's conversion mentioned above. The poems are mostly of a rclicious character a specimen may be found iu I.Iaji Ivlialfah's article on the poet (vol. iii. 241. " Di wan," p. '>'2). Larger extracts are given in Mohammed ben Shakir's biographical dictionary ("'Faawat al-Wafayat," Bulak, 18G(1, pp. 2!»-;i.-)). The attention paid to this poet is probalily due to thecircuni.stanee that he was a converted Jew for this reason the autliciilicity of many of his iioenis is open to grave doubt. Abu Sahl ranks among the oldest ]i(Xts who developed the sjieeies of mnirnshslnih songs, or girdle rimes, consisting of rimed stan/as lieadeil and concluded by verses of different rimes, but repeated in eacli subsequent strophe. One of Abu Sahl's iii>i)r«ji/(.»/(«7(.s is printed together with si. other poems in a little volume entitled "The Seven Sparkling Stars; that is. the Andalusiaii Muwaslishahs, " p. 9. Beirut. 1864. The te.xl. however, shows considerable variation from Al-Attar's edition. Iiotli as regards the arrangement of the stanzas and the wording. BiBLioiiRAPHV: Al-Makhari. trans, by Cayangos, 1. 1.58f( :'cq. Hajt Kbalfali's Lexicon HiliUimrniihUum et Kncfiehijuaicuin. and Al-'Attar Steinsdineider, In Jeic. Quart. Ilcv.
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ABU JACOB BEN NOAH, Karaite. See YusuF BKN NdAU. V K[ ABU KARIB TUBBA. Sec Pur i was. ABU-OMAR JOSEPH IBN HASDAI. See S|>A1 JOSI-IMI ir.N ABU SAHL ADONIM BEN TAMIM OF KAIR'WAN.
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ABU SAHL ALI. See Ai.i, aiu Saht.. ABU SAHULA, ISAAC BEN SOLOMON IBN.
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Imaginary name of the .Mohamthe controversial epistles of Sam-
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name is given in some editions as Abucalls or Abucalib. The manuscripts in which the name ocTile
curs attribute the "translation" to Alfonsus Boniliominis, identified by Steinschneider with Abner
extremely doubtful whether and the name of the defender of Islam is probably therefore (piitc fictitious. It cannot be identified with any known Arabic writer. Bibi.iocrapiiv Steinschneider. Polemisehe und Apnloactitiche
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