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	IslamiCity.com - The Arab who perfected culture
		Ziryab was also his generation's arbiter of taste and style and manners, and he exerted enormous influence on medieval European society..
		Ziryab served as a kind of "minister of culture" for the Andalusi realm.
		Ziryab maintained the friendship and support of the emir, however, and that was all that mattered.
	www.islamicity.com /articles/articles.asp?ref=SW0504-2676&p=2 (2057 words)

	IslamiCity.com - The Arab who perfected culture
		Ziryab's achievements were not forgotten in the Arab world, and it is from historians there that we know of his life and accomplishments.
		Ziryab was intelligent and had a good ear; outside his lessons, he surreptitiously learned the songs of his master, which were said to have been complex and difficult even for an expert.
		Ziryab and his family fled from Baghdad to Egypt and crossed North Africa to Kairouan in present-day Tunisia, seat of the Aghlabid dynasty of Ziyadat Allah I. There he was welcomed by the royal court.
	www.islamicity.com /Articles/articles.asp?ref=SW0504-2676 (1908 words)

	Farouk Mardam-Bey - Good News Cafe - Woodbury, Connecticut
		The historical Ziryab who is Mardam-Bey's culinary inspiration is a 9th-century native of Iraq whose erudition and influence with the caliph stirred resentments leading to his forced exodus to Cordoba, a seat of Islamic culture in Spain.
		Ziryab taught the people of Cordoba the most elaborate recipes of Baghdad's cuisine, as well as the sequence of plates for an elegant meal.
		Ziryab inspired courtiers and city dwellers alike to transform the way they dressed, furnished their homes and cooked their meals.
	www.good-news-cafe.com /ici/authors/faroukmardambey (274 words)

	MuslimHeritage.com - Topics
		He was nicknamed Ziryab because of his melodious voice and his dark complexion, features which people compared with mir it, a singing bird of fl plumage.
		Ziryab's talent and excellence in music slowly overtook the position of his teacher, which brought him close to the Caliph and his court.
		Ziryab became connected to themes of elegance; with his refined and luxurious tastes he defined the court of the Caliphs.
	www.muslimheritage.com /topics/default.cfm?TaxonomyTypeID=13&TaxonomySubTypeID=-1&TaxonomyThirdLevelID=-1&ArticleID=374 (1145 words)

	Religion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Ziryabism, as the Numec faith is known to the coastal peoples of Dalanya and Falana, is a harsh and unforgiving religion, one well-suited to a people long accustomed to the precariousness of desert existence.
		Ziryab is the all-powerful deity of the Numec.
		And in wrath Ziryab withdrew the water from the winds, and the grasses died, and the waters stopped flowing from the mountains.
	members.aol.com /hepekeria/rel.htm (2442 words)

	Diabolic Digest
		Ziryab (flbird) was his stage name and he earned it to describe his dramatic appearance.
		Ziryab established the world’s first known conservatory where aspiring young musicians learnt harmony and composition and were encouraged to develop musical theory further.
		Ziryab was perhaps history’s first pop idol and streets and restaurants in many Arab countries still bear his name.
	users.skynet.be /diab/Humour/Ziryab.htm (1463 words)

	VIVO Records
		Ziryab was a musician in Haroun Al-Rashid's court in Baghdad in the ninth century.
		Ziryab Trio was founded in 1995 by Taiseer Elias, Nassim Dakwar and Zohar Fresco, three virtuoso musicians who are also members of the multi-ethnic, Israel-based instrumental ensemble Bustan Abraham.
		Ziryab Trio, whose instrumentation of oud, violin and percussion represents the nucleus of all Middle Eastern classical ensembles, concentrates on performing Arab and Turkish music from the 19th and the 20th century.
	www.vivo.pl /sklep/full.php?item=722 (404 words)

	Ziryab (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		ZIRYAB is a monthly reading series (held every 1st Saturday of the Month) for Arab American Writers and Friends.
		ZIRYAB is a part of the Human Experience, Inc., a 501c-3 non-for-profit organization based in New York City.
		Ziryab was by most accounts, one of the more fascinating figures of history, an unparalleled creator, inventor and arbiter of style and taste, who dictated fashions and arts.
	www.ziryab.org /news (269 words)

	Abbas Ibn Firnas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 822, a new Caliph named 'Abd al-Rahman II took the throne, and he began to gather together talented individuals.
		He survived with minor injuries, and the young Ibn Firnas was there to see it.
		Like Ziryab, Ibn Firnas worked at a huge variety of enterprises.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Abbas_Ibn_Firnas (560 words)

	UNESCO Courier: 6th-10th century AD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Then, with the caliph's permission, Ziryab sang, to the accompaniment of his special 'ud, an ode he had written glorifying the Prince of the Faithful, who was duly charmed, convinced that such a talent could not fail to enhance the splendour of his court.
		The stay in Kairouan, often underestimated in accounts of Ziryab's life, brought him wealth and honour, until the day, sometime around the year 821, when he was condemned to be whipped and banished, after offending the ruler with one of his songs.
		Ziryab even invented a kind of deodorant (al-martak) to replace the powdered rose, basil and myrtle used until that time, which had the disadvantage of leaving stains on clothing--though he also found a way of removing these.
	findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1310/is_1992_July-August/ai_12941657 (1375 words)

	Afropop Worldwide
		Ziryab is both the historical person-of that we're quite certain-but he has also grown into an incredible legend.
		Ziryab had his hair cut with bangs down to his eyebrows, and cut straight across his forehead, and hair pulled back with little spit curls coming out from the sides of his ears.
		The next period is somewhat surprising and that's the 11th century when the empire breaks apart, and we refer to it as the period of the different groups or different parties, and each of the major cities develops into its own little kingdom with its own prince or its own governor or ruler.
	www.afropop.org /multi/interview/ID/57/Al-Andalus-Dwight+Reynolds (11195 words)

	The Orchestra of F��s with Fran��oise Atlan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Ziryab eventually founded a conservatory in Córdoba to spread and perpetuate his musical ideas, and from that point, Arab music in the Western Islamic world began to take an independent direction.
		The centuries following the death of Ziryab witnessed the development of new forms, the muwashshah and zajal, which were influenced by indigenous Iberian poetry, took more liberties with rhyme and meter and were written in strophic form often with a refrain.
		By the 12th century, if not earlier, the muwashshah and zajal forms were set to music according to Ziryab’s theories, and the nubat—or song cycles (nuba is the singular form)—of Andalusian music were born.
	www.carnegiehall.org /article/box_office/events/evt_4045_pf.html (1739 words)

	Saudi Aramco World : Flight of the Blackbird (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		With the emir's blessing, Ziryab decreed that palace dinners would be served in courses—that is, according to a fixed sequence, starting with soups or broths, continuing with fish, fowl or meats, and concluding with fruits, sweet desserts and bowls of pistachios and other nuts.
		Next in talent was 'Abd al-Rahman, the first of the children to take over the music school after their father's death—though arrogance was said to be his downfall, for he ended up alienating everyone, according to Ibn Hayyan.
		As 'Abd al-Rahman II and Ziryab departed the stage, Córdoba was coming into its own as a cultural capital and seat of learning.
	www.saudiaramcoworld.com /issue/200304/flight.of.the.blackbird.htm (3640 words)

	Home Page
		Ziryab Trio consists of Taiseer Elias (oud), Nassim Dakwar (violin) and Zohar Fresco (percussion).
		In this concert, the Ziryab Trio was accompanied by Avraham Salman (kanun) and Emmanuel Mann (bass).
		"Ziryab was a musician in Haroun Al-Rashid's court in Baghdad (Iraq) in the 9th century.
	www.kairarecords.com /oudpage/israel1.htm (273 words)

	Ziryab - Reviews on RateItAll (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Ziryab, meaning flbird in Arabic, was a court musician for the Umayyad caliph in Cordoba around 800 AD.
		Despite all these social influences, Ziryab is still best known in the Arabic world today as a major innovator of Arabic music and making key changes to the oud (known in Europe as the lute) that improved it.
		Unfortunately many key Arabic thinkers of the Middle Ages like Ziryab and the great physician Avicenna (Ibn-Sinna) are forgotten in the western world, but their influence in our society, even today cannot be denied.
	www.rateitall.com /i-49460-ziryab.aspx (412 words)

	CD Baby: ZIRYAB TRIO: Oriental art music
		Ziryab Trio was founded to give a deeper expression to Oriental Art music and its various genres.
		The members of Ziryab, who are also members of the acclaimed ensemble Bustan Abraham, believe that y maintaining the rich Oriental tradition they will establish an important basis for creating new and original music.
		Ziryab Trio concentrates on performing Arab and Turkish music from the 19th and 20th century.
	www.cdbaby.com /cd/ziryab (270 words)

	FedoraForum.org - vt: argh, driver_data is null
		Dec 26 10:58:10 ziryab kernel: EIP is at vt_ioctl+0x1d/0x17b6
		Dec 26 10:58:10 ziryab kernel: eax: 00000000 ebx: 00004b3b ecx: 00004b3b edx: 19578380
		Dec 26 10:58:11 ziryab kernel: eax: 00000000 ebx: 00005401 ecx: 00005401 edx: 19a65d80
	www.fedoraforum.org /forum/printthread.php?t=22387 (675 words)

	Ziryab - The Arab who perfected culture - Street Whispers - Streetwhispers
		With the emir's blessing, Ziryab decreed that palace dinners would be served in courses-that is, according to a fixed sequence, starting with soups or broths, continuing with fish, fowl or meats, and concluding with fruits, sweet desserts and bowls of pistachios and other nuts.
		Next in talent was 'Abd al-Rahman, the first of the children to take over the music school after their father's death-though arrogance was said to be his downfall, for he ended up alienating everyone, according to Ibn Hayyan.
		As 'Abd al-Rahman II and Ziryab departed the stage, Cordoba was coming into its own as a cultural capital and seat of learning.
	streetwhispers.com /ziryab.htm (3586 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Ziryab was among other things a strategist, a minister of culture, an arbiter of fashion and taste, a musican, and a poet.
		Ziryab's influence is felt to this day, especially in music and food.
		Hence the banquet will be served according to the precepts of Ziryab, and so will differ from a the "traditional" style of serving one associates with Islamic food.
	www.florilegium.org /files/FEASTS/Andalusan-Fst-msg.text (1224 words)

	THE ZIRYAB PROJECT \| welcome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Ziryab was by most accounts, one of the more fascinating figures of history, an unparalleled creator, inventor and arbitor of style and taste, who dictated fashions and arts.
		Ziryab redid hairstyles, clothes (including which colors should be worn in what seasons), menus, tableware and etiquette, perfumes, cosmetics, toothpaste, philosophy, astrology and medicine, and not content with merely these changes, proceeded to design new musical modes and methods, reworked scales, and constructed a harmonic theory which linked music and healing.
		With the Ziryab Project we are hoping to revive that same creative spirit in Northern Morocco, through the teaching of New Learning (and Unlearning) Techniques, New Technologies Education, Arts Expos, Seminars, Meetings and just plain gatherings of people who share our vision...
	www.enteleky.com /yoova/ziryab (174 words)

	Tartu Early Music Festival
		Ziryab’s Persian sophistication, Arabian moderation and Berber joy of life commingled with the Visigothic and Jewish heritages, creating thus an original form of art for the caliphate and later the Taifa kingdoms.
		Thanks to Ziryab, who was forced to leave Bagdad, move to Kiraouan (822) and then to the capital of the Umayyad caliphate Córdoba, a revolution in the design, handling and repertoire of this instrument was carried out.
		This talented founder of the Andalusian school of music inverted also the fifth string («as red as blood») between the second and the string of ud which supplemented the four moods, stood for the soul and symbolised life; he also decreased the weight of the instrument by one third due to new materials.
	www.ut.ee /festival/altarab2.html (695 words)

	Hepekeria Glossary - Q & R (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Reputedly, Ziryab died upon it's surface, permanently infusing it with his baraka.
		Qaynan - Another one of Ziryab's brothers, Qaynan was sent down to teach the Numec the secrets of artifice.
		As the craftsman of the family, he has forged Ziryab's sword and all the other items Numec use in daily life, from saddles to scabbards and brass pots.
	members.aol.com /hepekeria/hep-qr.htm (669 words)

	Ziryab - San Francisco Bay Area - Chowhound
		The interior was more upscale than most of the schwarma factories I've been to in SF, with archways and warm lighting.
		Too long a wait last night at NOPA (which by the way should really be NEOPA, or just WA), on the way back to the car passed Ziryab, looked and smelled good, tried it.
		Mezze platter for two ($13) had falafels, hot dolmas, baba ganoush, yogurt with cucumbers, feta with zatar, all first-rate, plus hummus and tabouleh that were good but not quite in the same league.
	www.chowhound.com /topics/313824 (611 words)

	Bloomberg.com: Culture
		The elevator to the Ziryab, on the roof of the Arab Center, lacks the drama of George's external elevators.
		The Ziryab has been run by Paris catering group Yara Prestige for the past year after drawing mixed reviews when it was run by catering company Sodexho.
		At Ziryab, starters are 8 to 12 euros, and main dishes 14 to 20 euros.
	www.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000088&sid=aUdUAtSTZHkw&refer=culture (1480 words)

	NITLE Arab World Project
		Since al-Mawsili believed that Ziryab could become his most dangerous rival at the court of Harun ar-Rashid, he let him know that this rivalry would not be permitted.
		To avoid having to fight a losing battle with his master, Ziryab left for al-andalus, where the Umayyads had ruled ever since the downfall of their dynasty in Damascus (A.D. In 822, Ziryab arrived in Cordoba, where he was welcomed and warmly received by Sultan 'Abd ar-Rahman II (822-852).
		But Ziryab founded a music school in Cordoba that soon freed itself from the shackles of the traditional early Arabian school of the East and formed the nucleus of later andalusi music.
	arabworld.nitle.org /texts.php?module_id=5&reading_id=45&sequence=3 (845 words)

	New York ASA
		ZIRYAB presents GARTAL a new Armenian reading series on SATURDAY, JUNE 7th, 2003 6:00 PM at the CORNELIA ST CAFE (29 Cornelia Street, be/n w4th & Bleecker, just West of 6th Ave, Manhattan, New York) ARLENE VOSKI AVAKIAN is Professor and Director of Women's Studies at the University of Massachusetts/Amherst.
		ZIRYAB is a non-for-profit organization offering a platform for ALL human voices.
		The name ZIRYAB is taken after Ziryab, an Arab who lived in Al Andalus, now Spain, in the 9th century AD.
	www.asainc.org /newyork/events/event_ziryab_gartal.html (711 words)

	Hotel Ziryab Tangier, Morocco - Hotel Ziryab Group Booking Reservation Meetings Meeting Planning Weddings Wedding ...
		The Hotel Ziryab is the perfect place to hold a corporate event such as; team building, sales meetings, board of director meetings, or just corporate hospitality.
		Weddings at the Hotel Ziryab with their facilities, guest rooms and experienced wedding and group management staff, are magnificent.
		A Hotel Ziryab wedding reception is a party where guests come to celebrate the marriage of the bride and groom.
	www.meetingforce.com /hotel-ziryab-80h557.html (555 words)

	HichamChami.com - Logs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Ziryab was Ishaq Al Mawsili’s disciple in Baghdad.
		Ziryab and Sultan Al Hakam never actually met, the latter having died before Ziryab arrived to the Iberian Peninsula.
		It was under Sultan Abdelrahman, Sultan Al Hakam’s son and successor, that Ziryab, in return for a very generous salary and assistance, established his reputation as an excellent singer, performer, and composer.
	www.hichamchami.com /hichamchami/logs_20031122_nawba1.htm (499 words)

	Hookah pipe dreams at Ziryab in S.F.
		Ziryab, a 2-month-old venture that is part of the restaurant boom in San Francisco's Western Addition, largely embraces the Mediterranean by way of the Middle East.
		But, as I discovered during my second and third visits, there's hope for an ebullient dining experience at Ziryab: Interwoven among the Fertile Crescent options are attention-grabbing dishes inspired by the neighboring cuisines of North Africa and Iran.
		Ziryab 528 Divisadero St. (at Hayes), San Francisco; (415) 522-0800.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2006/05/31/FDG14J2UFU1.DTL (1298 words)

	No. 1910: 'Abbas Ibn Firnas
		He survived with minor injuries, and the young Ibn Firnas was there to see it.
		The Caliph who hired Ziryab was 'Abd al-Rahman II.
		He was followed by Muhammad I. Ziryab's real name was Abu al-Hasan 'Ali ibn Nafi'.
	www.uh.edu /engines/epi1910.htm (555 words)

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