OverviewA musician who brought new musical and courtly fashions to Cordoba.CategoryHistorical FigurePeriodBirth date unknown · d. 852 CE
His workHe sang, played the oud and taught music. The oud is a stringed instrument, so his skills involved both performance and teaching.Source: TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam — Ziryab
A long journeyHe moved from the eastern Islamic world to al-Andalus. His career shows how travelling artists could carry ideas between distant courts.Source: TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam — Ziryab
SourcesOriginal summaries of the cited sources. Qur’anic accounts, later traditions and historical estimates are distinguished; brief profiles do not settle scholarly disagreements.TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam — Ziryab
