Abu l-Hasan ‘Ali Ibn Nafi‘, also known as Ziryab (789-857) was a singer, oud player, composer, poet and teacher, who lived and worked in Iraq, Northern Africa and Andalusia during the medieval Islamic period. He also studied astronomy, geography, meteorology, botanics, cosmetics, culinary art and fashion.

Ziryab revolutionized the court at Córdoba and made it the stylistic capital of its time, introducing new clothes, styles, foods, hygiene products & music,

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