Abu l-Hassan ibn al-Khabbaza () (died 1239) was a qadi, historian and poet active during the reign of the Almohad Sultan Abu al-Ala Idris al-Mamun (r. 1227–32) in Seville, al-Andalus and Marrakesh, Morocco. When the last sultan of this dynasty left Iberia in 1228, Al-Khabazza joined him. Al-Khabazza was also the author of poems and a bio-bibliographic work. Poetry A few lines from his poem entitled "The King Who Died Young": Your life was of the order true Of Arab eloquence: The tale was brief, the words were few; The meaning was immense. References Ildefonso Garijo Galán, Jorge Lirola Delgado, Vicente Carlos Navarro Oltra: "Ibn al-Jabbaza, Abu L-Hasan." Biblioteca de al-Andalus: de IBN al-Dabbag a IBN Kurz. Almería, Spain. Ed.: Fundación IBN Tufayl de Estudios Árabes. Vol. 1 Pag. 546-547. 2004 "Ibn al-Khabbaza", p. 21 in: Moorish Poetry: A translation of the Pennants, an Anthology Compiled in 1243 by the Andalusian Ibn Said, Routledge 2001 13th-century Moroccan historians 13th-century Moroccan poets 1239 deaths People from Marrakesh 13th-century Moroccan judges 12th-century Moroccan historians Year of birth unknown