Al-Busiri
Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Sa'id al-Busiri al-Sanhaji | |
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أبو عبد الله محمد بن سعيد بن حماد الصنهاجي البوصيري | |
 The tomb of al-Busiri in Alexandria, Egypt | |
| Born | 1212 |
| Died | 1294 (aged 81–82) |
| Occupations | Poet, Sufi mystic |
| Writing career | |
| Language | Arabic |
| Genres | Sufi poetry |
| Notable works | Al-Burda (Poem of the Mantle), Al-Hamziyya |
Movement | Shadhili |
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Al-Būṣīrī (Arabic: أبو عبد الله محمد بن سعيد بن حماد الصنهاجي البوصيري, romanized: Abū ʿAbdallāh Muhammad ibn Saʿīd al-Ṣanhājī al-Būṣīrī; 1212–1294) was a Sanhaji Sufi Sunni Muslim poet belonging to the Shadhili, and a direct disciple of the Sufi saint Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi. His magnum opus, the Qaṣīda al-Burda "Poem of the Mantle" in praise of Prophet Muhammad is one of the most popular Islamic poems of the genre. It is in Arabic, as is his other ode named "Al-Hamziyya".