compuso el poeta y ministro de la corte Ibn Zamrak.
De ella se extrajeron la mayoría de los 24 versos que
se encuentran sobre el zócalo que rodea toda la Sala,
alternando cartelas y medallones.

THE HALL OF THE TWO SISTERS.

A detail of a poem by Ibn Zamrak.

Circumcision is one of the most celebrated rituals in
Islam. For the celebration of the circumcision of Prince
Abd Allah, son of Muhammad V, the court poet and
minister Ibn Zamrak composed a long 146-verse poem
or *quasida*. Most of the twenty-four verses which can
be seen above the skirting board surrounding the hall
were extracted from this poem, in alternating circular
and rectangular cartouches.