Ibn Sahl of Seville


Ibn Sahl of Seville is considered one of the greatest Andalusi poets of the 13th century. He was a Jewish convert to Islam.
The diwan of Ibn Sahl contains the most refined examples of Andalusian poetry, almost exclusively love poetry and muwashshahat.
Mostly known for his love poetry in muwashshah form, Ibn Sahl's two young male lover addressees, Mûsâ ibn ʿAbd al-Ṣamad and Muḥammad, are thought by some to represent the two religions that played important roles in his life, his original Judaism and the Islam to which he converted. Others hold that the youths were historical individuals.
The Moroccan author Mohammed al-Ifrani wrote a biography of Ibn Sahl.