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11th-century Arabic-language poets

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al-Ma'arri
'''Abu al-Ala al-Ma'arri (; December 973May 1057), also known by his Latin name Abulola Moarrensis''', was an Arab philosopher, poet, and writer from Ma'arrat al-Nu'man, Emirate of Aleppo (in present day Syria). Because of his antireligious worldview, he is known as one of the "foremost atheists" of his time", although his worldview was closer to deism. However, in his defensive treatise Zajr al-Nabeh (The Repelling of the Barker)—a manuscript edited and published in 1965—al-Ma'arri explicitly identified himself as a faithful Muslim and systematically refuted the accusations of heresy leveled
Abu al-Hariri
Arab poet and scholar (1054–1122)
Al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad
Last ruler of the taifa of Seville in Al-Andalus and poet (1040-1095) (r. c.1069-1091)
Wallada bint al-Mustakfi
Al-Andalus poet
Ibn Zaydún
poet of al-Andalus. (1003-1071)
Ibn Ammar
Moorish writer
Abu Al-Fath Al-Busti
Ghaznavid poet
Ibn Bassam
Arab Andalusian historian and poet (1058–1147)
Ibn Hindu
Persian Muslim Intellectual
Ismail al-Zafir
1st Dhulnunid Emir of Toledo Taifa
Ibn Darraj al-Qastalli
Andalusi poet of Berber origin (958–1030)
Ibn Rachik
Ifriqiyan writer and poet
Al-Rumaikiyya
'''E'etemad al-Rumaikiyya''' () was an Andalusian poet, consort of Emir Al-Mu'tamid of Seville. She is believed to have been born between 1045 and 1047.
Abu'l Hasan Mihyar al-Daylami
Daylamite poet
Abu-Ishaq al-Ilbirí
Andalusian poet and faqīh
Muhja bint al-Tayyani
Andalusian poet
Ibn Gharsiya
Muwallad poet and katib in the taifa court of Denia
Umm al-Kirām
poet and princess from Al-Andalous
Ibn Charaf
Zirid writer and poet
Ibn Naqiya al-Baghdadi
Iraqi poet
Ibn Hayyus
Ibn al-Shajari
Ibn Abi Hasina
Abu'l Tayyeb Tabari
Iraqi Islamic scholar, judge and poet