and there Muḥammad ibn Ganiyah settled, maintaining the public invocation for the Abbasids according to the Almoravid protocol until he died (1). His son Isḥāq succeeded him; many people rallied to his side, and he threw himself into seaborne jihad. His wealth from the spoils grew abundant, and he went on sending gifts to the Almohads, remitting payments to them and currying their favor until he passed away in 579 AH—he was martyred in Frankish territory by a stab to the neck—leaving eight sons (2). By his own designation, the kingdom then passed to his son, the amir ʿAlī ibn Isḥāq ibn Ganiyah (3).
26 – al-Ruṣāfī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Ghālib al-Andalusī
The “Poet of the West,” Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Ghālib al-Andalusī, known as al-Raffāʾ, was from Ruṣāfa in al-Andalus. His verse spread far and wide, and he died in Ramadan of 572 AH in Málaga. Ruṣāfa is a small town near Valencia, founded by ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muʿāwiyah al-Dākhil.