Diwan Abu Bakr al-Khwarazmi

Born and raised in Khwarazm, Abu Bakr Khwarazmi (d. 383/993) grew up to become an authority on the Arabic language, despite his foreign origin. He spent his adult life away from his homeland, at the courts of the powerful of his time. We thus find him in Aleppo enjoying the generosity of Sayf al-Dawla, in Bukhara living off the largesse of the vizier al-Bal?ami, or in Nishapur, earning his keep by...