Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Ubaydi
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- 703 AH
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Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Ubaydi (d. after 702 AH / 1302 CE) was an Arabic man of letters and poet of the eighth century AH / fourteenth century CE, best known for his poetic anthology al-Tadhkira al-Saadiyya fi al-Ashaar al-Arabiyya.
Biography and Scholarly Work
His full name is recorded as Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd al-Majid al-Ubaydi, while an alternative transmission names his grandfather as Abd al-Hamid.
Al-Ubaydi compiled his major poetic collection, al-Tadhkira al-Saadiyya fi al-Ashaar al-Arabiyya ("The Sa'dian Memoir on Arabic Poems"), following the thematic arrangement and model of the famous Hamasa of Abu Tammam, organizing the verse into fourteen thematic chapters.
The biographical details of his life remain sparse; his death is established as having occurred after 702 AH (1302 CE), the year in which he completed an autograph manuscript of his work comprising 314 folios, preserved in the Ayasofya library collection.
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List of Works
al-Tadhkira al-Saadiyya fi al-Ashaar al-Arabiyya (The Sa'dian Memoir on Arabic Poems) is a fourteenth-century Arabic poetic anthology compiled on the model of Abu Tammam's al-Hamasa. Arranged into fourteen thematic chapters, the compilation combines the vigor of bedouin verse with the refinement of urban poetry while avoiding obscure or archaic vocabulary.