Qala’id al-’Iqyan fi Mahasin al-’Ayan. قلائد الأقيان في محاسن الأعيان

Abu Nasr al-Fath ibn Muhammad ibn Khaqan (died 1134), also known as al-Fath ibn Khaqan, was a well-known writer from al-Andalus. This work, Qalaid al-Iqyan (Necklace of Rubies), is a biography of his contemporary Andalusian poets including extracts of their poems. His other best-Known work is Mathmah al-Anfus wa Masrah at- Ta’annus fi-Mulah Ahl al-Andalus (The Aspiration of the Souls and the Theater of Congeniality in the Anecdotes of the People of al-Andalus). The works are written in rhymed prose full of metaphorical expressions and are an excellent source of information about the apogee of Andalusian letters.