Imagine a person so fabulous you can't even... a mix between Oscar Wilde, Andy Warhol, Christian Dior and several other iconic figures of the 19th and 20th centuries, as author John Gill describes. Except place him in the ninth century, in Europe and under the Caliphate system and you can begin to try and picture who the legendary persona of Ziryab is. Real name Abul-Hasan Alí Ibn Nafí, he became ...