Abu Ahmad Monajjem

Abu Ahmad Yahya ibn Ali ibn Yahya ibn Abi Mansur Aban al-Monajjem was a medieval Persian music theorist, literary historian and poet. He belonged to the family of Banu Munajjem, a family of Iranian descent, associated with the Abbasid court for more than two centuries. His father 'Alī ibn Yaḥyā al-Munajjim was a student of the renowned musician Ishaq al-Mawsili.