"They translate books of science and attribute authorship to their coreligionists."
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Ibn Abdun. Seville musulmane au début du Xll siècle. Tr. E. Lévi-Provençal. Paris, 1947
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Abd al-Majid ibn Abdun
1050 – 1135
Abd al-Majid ibn Abdun, or in full Abu Mohammed Abd al-Majid ibn Abdun al-Yaburi عبد المجيد بن عبدون اليابري (c. 1050-1135, died in Évora) was a poet from Al-Andalus.
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