Ammunition in the virtues of the people of the island

Translation

A book of ammunition on the virtues of the people of the Peninsula, written by Abu Al-Hasan Ali bin Bassam Al-Shantarini, one of the most prominent Andalusian writers and critics, in the fifth and sixth centuries AH. He was born on the island of Sintrin, where he has lineage, in a well-to-do family that took care of his upbringing, education, and preparation for a prosperous future. Ibn Bassam showed some literary talent from a young age, and began writing poetry and prose, which attracted attention. The book “Al-Dhakhira fi Al-Mahasin Al-Jazira” is a source of great importance for the researcher in the history and literature of Andalusia during the period of the Taifa kings, which followed the end of the Umayyad Caliphate of Cordoba, the fifth century AH / eleventh century AD. …