Abu al-Baqa ar-Rundi

Abu Muhammad Salih b. Abi Sharif ar-Rundi (Arabic: أبو البقاء الرندي; 1204–1285) or Abu-l-Tayyib/ Abu-l-Baqa Salih b. Sharif al-Rundi was a poet, writer, and literary critic from al-Andalus who wrote in Arabic. His fame is based on his nuniyya entitled "رثاء الأندلس" Rithaa' ul-Andalus (Elegy for al-Andalus), a poem mourning the Catholic invasion and conquest of al-Andalus.