Devon Field February 21, 2021 Podcast Script, Medieval Lives Medieval Lives 1: al-Ghazāl Devon Field February 21, 2021 Podcast Script, Medieval Lives This is a story about Abū Zakariyyāʾ Yaḥyā ibn Ḥakam al-Bakrī al-Jayyānī, known also as al-Ghazāl (the Gazelle). It's the story of a 9th century poet on an embassy from the Emirate of Córdoba to a Viking ruler.