8vo. 364 pp., Arabic text, 4 b/w illustrations depicting pages from original manuscript, modern hard back binding, indices, published by al-Andalus Bookshop, Baghdad, printed at Harissa Press, Darun, no date, ca. 1970.

Synopsis

Al-Mutawakil was a poet from the Umayyad period. He lived in Kufa, as a member of the tribe Layth ibn Bakr (a sub division of Kinana). He wrote panegyric poems for Mu’awiya and his son Yazid, as well as love poetry for his ex-wife Ruhaima, divorced at her request because of an illness, but recovered afterwards. Some poems of Hija’ and Fakr are preserved. Al-Akhtal met him when he visited Kufa and was impressed by his poetry.
Ref: Encyclopaedia of Arabic Literature, Volume 2, page 561.