Among the most influential Mashreqi poets in the Maghreb was Al-Mutanabbi, whose poetry , , and Ibn Sidah commented on.[1] The court poets of Cordoba followed his footsteps in the variation and mastery of their craft. Official poetry followed tradition until the 11th century, when it took a bold new form.[1] The Umayyad caliphs sponsored literature and worked to gather texts, as evidenced in the library of Al-Hakam II.[1] As a result of their investment, a new school of court poets appeared, most important of whom was (982).[1] However, urban Andalusi poetry started with Ibn Darraj al-Qastalli (1030), under Caliph Almanzor, who burned the library of Al-Hakam fearing for religion from science and philosophy.[1] and were among the most prominent of this style and period.[1]